A very large Schwannoma originating from the median nerve in carpal tunnel

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 190-192

  Gündes, Hakan ^a,b   Tosun, Bilgehan ^a   Müezzinoglu, Bahar ^a   Alici, Tugrul ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cumhuriyet Caddesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Median nerve; Removal; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THENAR;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4944228571     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1085-9489.2004.09307.x     Document Type: Article

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