Recurrent schwannoma: Diagnosis with PET/CT

Abstract

A 56-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of progressive paresis of the left arm. Clinical examination revealed upper brachial plexus palsy and complete anesthesia and analgesia in segments C5–7. MRI demonstrated diffuse tumorous infiltration of the left brachial plexus with centrifugal growth from the dorsal spinal root of segment C6. Biopsy of the lesion revealed a malignant …