Ulnar nerve tumours of the hand in childhood

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1977 Aug;40(8):795-800. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.40.8.795.

Abstract

Two examples are presented of non-traumatic lesions of the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve occuring in children. The clinical and histological features of solitary neurofibroma and neurilemmoma are compared and contrasted.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Neurilemmoma / diagnosis
  • Neurilemmoma / pathology*
  • Neurilemmoma / surgery
  • Neurofibroma / diagnosis
  • Neurofibroma / pathology*
  • Neurofibroma / surgery
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ulnar Nerve*