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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:660-661. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.004
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Intrathoracic Multiple Schwannomas of a Single Intercostal Nerve

Fengshi Chen, MD, Ei Nakayama, MD, Kenichi Okubo, MD, Hiroshi Date, MD*

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Accepted for publication February 4, 2008.

* Address correspondence to Dr Date, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan (Email: hdate{at}kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp).

Intrathoracic schwannomas are solitary in general. We report a rare case of intrathoracic multiple schwannomas arising from a single intercostal nerve. A 27-year-old man was admitted with multiple tumors, along with the fourth intercostal nerve in the posterior chest wall. Thoracoscopic surgical exploration found a small tumor at 2 cm distal to the main tumors, which had not been detected preoperatively. All these tumors were completely resected en bloc and were diagnosed as schwannomas of the fourth intercostal nerve.






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