Intraneural perineurioma of the sciatic nerve: an under-recognized nerve neoplasm with characteristic MRI findings

Skeletal Radiol. 2014 Mar;43(3):375-9. doi: 10.1007/s00256-013-1733-1. Epub 2013 Sep 24.

Abstract

Intraneural perineurioma is a benign peripheral nerve neoplasm that typically affects teenagers and young adults and tends to result in a motor-predominant neuropathy. The lesion is rare, but has likely been underdiagnosed due to a lack of familiarity among both clinicians and radiologists. There have been few reports in the radiology literature despite the lesion having a fairly characteristic imaging appearance. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman with an intraneural perineurioma of the left sciatic nerve confirmed with excisional biopsy and pathologic analysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / surgery
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sciatic Nerve / pathology*
  • Sciatic Nerve / surgery
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Treatment Outcome