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Sciatic schwannoma of the thigh causing foot pain mimicking plantar neuropathy

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Stasha C. Gominak MD

Department of Neurology, Camino Medical Group, 301 Old San Francisco Rd., Sunnyvale, California 94086, USA

Department of Neurology, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, California, USA

Department of Neurology, Camino Medical Group, 301 Old San Francisco Rd., Sunnyvale, California 94086, USASearch for more papers by this author

José L. Ochoa MD, PhD, DSc,

José L. Ochoa MD, PhD, DSc

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

Neuromuscular Unit, Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA

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Stasha C. Gominak MD,

Corresponding Author

Stasha C. Gominak MD

Department of Neurology, Camino Medical Group, 301 Old San Francisco Rd., Sunnyvale, California 94086, USA

Department of Neurology, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, California, USA

Department of Neurology, Camino Medical Group, 301 Old San Francisco Rd., Sunnyvale, California 94086, USASearch for more papers by this author

José L. Ochoa MD, PhD, DSc,

José L. Ochoa MD, PhD, DSc

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

Neuromuscular Unit, Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA

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First published: 07 December 1998

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199804)21:4<528::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-T

Citations: 21

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Abstract

Two patients with plantar foot pain, one mistakenly thought to have tarsal tunnel syndrome, had complete resolution of pain after resection of a sciatic nerve schwannoma of the midthigh. The entire extent of the sciatic nerve should be evaluated in patients presenting with unilateral, neuropathic foot pain. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21:528–530, 1998.

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