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Neurilemmomas, also known as schwannomas, present as encapsulated, slow-growing, solitary, smooth-surfaced, and usually asymptomatic mass arising from Schwann cells of the nerve sheath surrounding cranial or peripheral nerves. They represent the most prevalent benign peripheral nerve sheath tumours and the occurrence in the upper extremity accounts...
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... swelling steadily grew in scale, initially painless later associated with occasional pain with a sudden increase in size and pain in 1 week. On clinical examination, a diffuse mass was present on the leg's lateral aspect-smooth, firm in consistency with few areas of tenderness on palpation, and relatively immobile (Fig, 1). It was non-pulsatile without thrill and no bruit on auscultation. ...