BENIGN SCHWANNOMA OF THE INTERNAL POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE, ABOUT A CASE
Mouad Beqqali Hassni*, Dahmani Youness, Kadiri Mohamed, Moncef Boufettal, Bassir Reda Allah, Mohamed Kharmaz, Moulay Omar Lamrani, Ahmed Elbardouni, Mustapha Mahfoud and Mohamed Saleh Berrada
ABSTRACT
Schwannomas are tumors of the peripheral nerves, developed from of the nerve sheath. Schwannomas of the sciatic nerve are rare. Their symptomatology is usually close to sciatica by herniated disc, which can delay their diagnosis. MRI helps guide the diagnosis by highlighting a tumor with the same signal as muscle tissue. The ideal treatment for these tumors is surgical enucleation with careful dissection of the surrounding nerve bundles. We report the case of a benign schwannoma developed at the expense of the internal popliteal sciatic nerve.
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