Acta Scientific Orthopaedics (ISSN: 2581-8635)

Case Report Volume 5 Issue 7

Ulnar Nerve Tuberculoma Mimicking as a Ulnar Nerve Schwannoma and Neurofibroma

Hirenkumar R Desai*, Deepak H Kakade, Avani S Patel and Chandani Dangarosia

Department of Pathology, Haria L G Rotary Hospital, Vapi, Gujarat, India

*Corresponding Author: Hirenkumar R Desai, Department of Pathology, Haria L G Rotary Hospital, Vapi, Gujarat, India.

Received: May 19, 2022; Published: June 13, 2022

Abstract

We report a very rare case of ulnar nerve tuberculoma. A 16-year-old male presented with swelling over ulnar aspect of Right Wrist and tingling sensation on Right hand. Three Years back patient had history of Injury at Wrist. Any Signs and Symptoms indicating Tuberculosis and Leprosy was not found. In order to removed lesion completely, Exploratory Surgery was performed. Histopathological examination of the specimen consisted with tuberculoma.

Keywords:Ulnar Nerve; Tuberculoma; Histopathology; Peripheral Nerve

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Citation

Citation: Hirenkumar R Desai., et al. “Ulnar Nerve Tuberculoma Mimicking as a Ulnar Nerve Schwannoma and Neurofibroma".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 5.7 (2022): 53-55.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Hirenkumar R Desai., 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.




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