Open AccessUltrasound-Guided Popliteal Nerve Block in a Patient with Malignant Degeneration of Neurofibromatosis 1
Author(s) -
Arjun Desai,
Brendan Carvalho,
Jenna Hansen,
Jonay Hill
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6390
pISSN - 2090-6382
DOI - 10.1155/2012/753769
Subject(s) - neurofibromatosis , medicine , neurofibroma , ultrasound , tibial nerve , lesion , degeneration (medical) , schwannoma , radiology , surgery , pathology , stimulation
A 41-year-old female patient with neurofibromatosis 1 presented with new neurologic deficits secondary to malignant degeneration of a tibial lesion. Ultrasound mapping of the popliteal nerve revealed changes consistent with an intraneural neurofibroma. Successful popliteal nerve blockade was achieved under ultrasound guidance.
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