A Case of Schwannoma of the Common Peroneal Nerve in the Knee

Tayyar Taylan Öz; Birol Aktaş; Korhan Özkan; Burak Özturan; Bulent Kilic; Murat Demiroğlu

doi:10.4081/or.2017.6825

A Case of Schwannoma of the Common Peroneal Nerve in the Knee

Orthop Rev (Pavia). 2017 Feb 21;9(1):6825. doi: 10.4081/or.2017.6825. eCollection 2017 Feb 20.

Authors

Tayyar Taylan Öz¹, Birol Aktaş¹, Korhan Özkan¹, Burak Özturan¹, Bulent Kilic², Murat Demiroğlu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul Medeniyet University , Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul.
² Department of Health Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University , Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

Schwannomas are benign neurogenic tumors of peripheral nerves that originate from neural sheath. The aim of this case report is to bring to mind the schwannoma in the patient with knee pain. A 39-year-old woman presented with a complaint of knee pain of three months history. After surgical intervention, the patient's complaints completely disappeared in the post-operative period. This should come to mind in the differential diagnosis of knee pain.

Keywords: Common peroneal nerve; Knee; Schwannoma.

Publication types

Case Reports