Tumor maligno de la vaina del nervio periférico del ciático izquierdo / Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the left sciatic nerve

RESUMEN Fundamento: los tumores malignos de la vaina del nervio periférico, son sarcomas de partes blandas con una baja incidencia. Objetivo: presentar un caso de tumor maligno de la vaina del nervio ciático izquierdo que recibió tratamiento quirúrgico en el Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech de la provincia Camagüey en junio de 2018. Presentación del caso: paciente masculino de 45 años, antecedentes de neurofibromatosis tipo I. Historia de dolor ciático troncular izquierdo que se hizo constante. Refirió dificultad para la marcha y aumento de volumen a nivel del glúteo izquierdo. Se palpó tumoración de siete centímetros de diámetro de superficie lisa, firme, fija a planos profundos y dolorosos a la manipulación. La ultrasonografía de partes blandas mostró: imagen compleja de localización profunda hipoecóica ovalada de 45 X 9 X 20 milímetros, de contornos regulares, bien definidos a una profundidad de la piel de 22 mm. Se decidió tratamiento quirúrgico basado en la excéresis de la tumoración. La biopsia definitiva luego de la inmunohistoquímica informó: tumor maligno de la vaina del nervio periférico de alto grado en un neurofibroma previo. Conclusiones: los tumores malignos de la vaina del nervio ciático son neoplasias raras y aún más su localización proximal. En el caso que se presentó a pesar de su resección quirúrgica radical asociada a radioterapia, el tamaño superior a diez centímetros, la asociación a la neurofibromatosis tipo I y el alto grado histológico, ensombrecen el pronóstico. Es importante el diagnóstico precoz y tratamiento oportuno.

ABSTRACT Background: malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are soft tissue sarcomas with a low incidence. Objective: to present a case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the left sciatic nerve who underwent surgical treatment at the University Hospital Manuel Ascunce Domenech in the province of Camagüey in June, 2018. Presentation of the case: a 45-year-old male patient, personal history of neurofibromatosis type 1 with a truncal left sciatic pain that turned permanent. He referred gait difficulties and increase of the volume in the left buttock. A tumor mass of seven centimeters was palpated, firm, fix to deep planes and painful at deep palpation. Soft tissue ultrasonography showed: complex oval hypoechoic image of deep location of 45 X 9 X 20 millimeters of regular and well defined contours at 22 millimeters depth from the skin. Surgical treatment was decided base on the tumor resection and radiotherapy. Definitive biopsy after immune histochemistry, informed a high degree malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of a previous neurofibroma. Conclusions: malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are weird neoplasias and even more its proximal location. The presented patient despite the radical surgical resection associated to radiotherapy, the size superior to ten centimeters, the association to neurofibromatosis type 1 and the high histological degree, worsen the forecast. The precocious diagnosis and accurate treatment are important.

Extraconal cystic schwannoma mimicking an orbital dermoid cyst / Schwannoma cístico extraconal simulando um cisto dermóide orbitário

ABSTRACT To our knowledge, we report the first case of an extraconal orbital cystic schwannoma in Brazilian literature. The tumor grew slowly and progressively and was associated with minimal eccentric proptosis and diplopia. The radiologic study (orbital computed tomography) revealed a rounded, encapsulated, and extraconal cystic mass in the superior medial region of the right orbit in the supraorbital and supratrochlear nerve topography. An anterior orbitotomy with full excision of the tumor was performed, and the histopathology examination revealed that the tumor was a schwannoma. After the surgery, the patient experienced total remission of his symptoms.

RESUMO Os autores relatam o primeiro caso de schwannoma orbitário extraconal cístico relatado na literatura brasileira. O tumor apresentou aparecimento lento e progressivo, associado a proptose excêntrica e diplopia leves. O exame de imagem (tomografia computadorizada de órbita) revelou uma lesão nodular, arredondada, capsulada, extracônica, cística, na região súpero-medial de órbita direita, na topografia do nervo supraorbitário e supra-troclear. O paciente foi submetido à orbitotomia por via anterior, com exérese integral da tumoração. O exame histopatológico revelou o diagnóstico de schwannoma. Após a cirurgia, o paciente teve regressão total dos sintomas.

Schwannoma em pálpebra superior esquerda em criança de 10 anos / Schwannoma of the left superior eyelid in a 10-year-old child

Schwannoma é um tumor neurogênico benigno raro, originário das células de Schwann da bainha de mielina dos nervos periféricos. Sua localização nos tecidos oculares não é comum, sendo a órbita o local afetado com maior frequência e o acometimento das pálpebras é muito raro. Há poucos relatos descritos na literatura sobre Schwannoma palpebral, apenas dois em crianças. Este é, em nosso conhecimento, o primeiro caso relatado no Brasil.

Schwannoma is a rare benign neurogenic tumor. It arises from Schwann cells located at the myelin sheath of peripheral nerves. Its incidence is frequently associated with the orbit. Ocular tissues in general and eyelids in particular are rarely affected. Very few reports can be found in the literature describing eyelid schwannomas. Amongst these, we have found only two describing it affecting children. To our knowledge, this is the first case report about eyelid schwanomma in Brazil - and it involves a child.