Diagnosing Schwannoma in the Wrist: a Challenging Case of Intraneural Ganglion Cyst Mimicry and a Review of Literature

Hatan Mortada; Abdulaziz M Alghamdi; Abdulmuhsen N Alshammari; Saad Alrobaiea; Musab Alrehaili; Abdullah Kattan

doi:10.1080/23320885.2023.2249099

Diagnosing Schwannoma in the Wrist: a Challenging Case of Intraneural Ganglion Cyst Mimicry and a Review of Literature

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2023 Aug 26;10(1):2249099. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2023.2249099. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Hatan Mortada^{1

2}, Abdulaziz M Alghamdi³, Abdulmuhsen N Alshammari^{1

4}, Saad Alrobaiea⁵, Musab Alrehaili¹, Abdullah Kattan⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Orthopedics, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Medical City, Almadinah Almunawwarah, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Schwannoma can rarely mimic an intraneural ganglion cyst clinically and radiographically. This is a rare case report of a wrist schwannoma mimicking an intraneural ganglion cyst. The surgery was successful, and the histopathological report confirmed the diagnosis of benign schwannoma. After two years of follow-up, the patient is still symptom-free.

Keywords: Schwannoma; case report; hand surgery; intraneural ganglion cyst; pitfalls.

Publication types

Case Reports