Abstract

The authors present a very rare localization of an axillary nerve schwannoma, which arose in the quadrilateral space.

  :The patient complained of vague disturbances in the shoulder and the MRI beautifully demonstrates the pathology including the detailed anatomy of the quadrilateral space.

He was operated and the tumour completely removed without consequences.

  :The case deserves mention for its extreme rarity (1 out of more than 700 cases of operated schwannomas) and for the beautiful images we obtained.

Keywords: Axillary Nerve Tumour; Schwannoma; Velpeau Carré; Quadrilateral Space

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Citation

Citation: Stefano Ferraresi., et al. “Axillary Nerve Schwannoma at the Quadrilateral Space: Report of a Case”. Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 1.3 (2020): 14-16.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Stefano Ferraresi., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.