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Brachial Plexus Schwannoma: Report of 4 cases with Intralesional Enucleation

Abstract

Jennette SY Chan and Josephine WY Ip

Brachial plexus tumors are rare. It comprises of only 5% of all tumors of upper limb. The two most common brachial plexus region tumors are schwannomas and neurofibromas. Brachial plexus tumours comprises of only 5% of all tumours of upper limb. Schwannomas are most frequently found in the head and neck region, which comprises 25% of all Schwannomas. There are only about 5% of schwannomas present as brachial plexus tumours. Here we report four cases of brachial plexus schwannoma with surgical removal managed in our centre from 2013 to 2016.