Granular cell tumour of the ulnar nerve

Authors
Yasutomi, T Koike, H Nakatsuchi, Y
Citation
T. Yasutomi et al., Granular cell tumour of the ulnar nerve, J HAND S-BR, 24B(1), 1999, pp. 122-124
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-BRITISH AND EUROPEAN VOLUME
ISSN journal
02667681 → ACNP
Volume
24B
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
122 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7681(199902)24B:1<122:GCTOTU>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Although granular cell tumours have been demonstrated to have a neural orig in, they rarely arise in peripheral nerve trunks. We report a case of granu lar cell tumour of the ulnar nerve in a 51-year-old man, Though dissectable from the nerve, this intraneural tumour showed microscopic involvement of focal nerve fibres, This tumour tended to infiltrate the nerve in the same manner as a neurofibroma.