MULTIPLE NEURILEMOMA IN BOTH LEGS - A CASE-REPORT

A Japanese man, who was 61 years of age, presented with multiple neuri lemmoma in both legs which had arisen from different levels of both sc iatic nerves. There were no clinical findings relating to von Reckling hausen's disease in the patient or his siblings. Multiple neurilemmoma may be the result of embryonic metameric anomalies. The condition may be distinguished from von Recklinghausen's disease by the distributio n of the lesions and genetic analysis.