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Evaluating the Function of the Foot Core System in the Elderly
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Multiple benign schwannomas of the foot
U von Deimling1, K J Munzenberg, H P Fischer
1Orthopadische Universitatsklinik, Bonn, Germany.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Benign schwannomas occur very rarely in the foot. We report a case of a 46-year-old patient with multiple benign schwannomas of the foot. Eighteen schwannomas associated with the medial plantar nerve present for at least 1 year were excised, with preservation of the involved nerve and disappearance of the patient's symptoms. No signs of von Recklinghausen's disease were found.
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