Abstract: Schwannommas are the rare benign tumor of peripheral nerves. They have a very low rate of mali
gnant
transformation. It can occur in any age group but less common in children.
Our 58yrs old patient presented with shwanomma over left ankle since two months which was first thought of a
sebaceous cyst. Schwannommas can occur at any site of the body but rarely on lower extremities which is
presented in our case. (1)
Patient had a positive tinel's sign and mri of ankle was performed which revealed an encapsulated subcutaneous
soft tissue. The pat ient was operated with total intracapsular excision of the lesion which on further pathological
investigation the specimen was diagnosed as schwannomma.
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