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Common peroneal nerve schwannoma: an unusual differential for a symptomatic knee lump
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  1. Omair Shariq,
  2. Sarkhell Radha,
  3. Sujith Konan
  1. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK

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A 60-year-old woman with no medical history presented to the emergency department with worsening knee pain after a short-haul flight. She had a 2 year history of intermittent left knee pain, made worse by crouching and a lump at the back of her leg, which was gradually increasing in size. On examination, she was found to have a 3×4 cm lump behind the posterolateral aspect of the left knee. …

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