A CASE OF BENIGN SCHWANNOMA ARISING IN THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS WITH INTRATHORACIC EXTENSION

Abstract

A case of solitary benign schwannoma arising in the left brachial plexus with intrathoracic extension is presented. The patient was a 54-year-old woman, who was first found to have an abnormal shadow at the left lung apex on routine chest X-ray examination. A left supraclavicular mass was subsequently also discovered. She complained of severe radiating pain in the lateral left upperarm upon compression of the mass. The tumor was completeley resected from the brachial plexus by supraclavicular approach, where thoracotomy was not needed. Postoperatively, there was no neurological problem.