Primary nerve tumours of the brachial plexus

✍ Scribed by Mr. P. J. Sell; J. C. Semple

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 219 KB
• Volume: 74
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800740128

✦ Synopsis

Case reports middle fingers. Three weeks later the neck was re-explored and after incomplete excision of the lesion, he had total paralysis of his biceps, muscle, and an increase in paraesthesia of the index, middle and ring fingers. The clinical picture was that of C, nerve root division. A C T scan of the neck was unhelpful in demonstrating the divided nerve root or the lump in the neck. Upon re-exploration a 5 x 4 cm lesion was found deep to the divided C, nerve root (Figure I). The tumour was enucleated and removed. The C, nerve root was repaired. Histology confirmed a neurilemmoma.