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(A, B) Schwannoma with high signal intensity in T2-weighted axial right forearm MRI. (C) T2-weighted frontal MRI image showing a hyperintense tumoral process in the upper third of the right forearm.
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T2-weighted images. The appearance was compatible with a tumor of nervous origin (Fig. 1A-C, arrow).
Operative view: oval-shaped capsulated mass in eccentric position along the MN.
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A longitudinal incision centered over the tumor bulk was performed (Fig. 2).
Histological examination of the tumor showing characteristic pattern of benign schwannoma: non-nucleated fibrillar areas lined by a palisade of Schwann cell nuclei (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification x 200).
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Histological examination of the tumor showed the characteristic pattern of benign schwannoma: non-nucleated fibrillar areas lined by a palisade of Schwann cell nuclei (Fig. 3).