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Non-neurogenic Tumoral and Pseudotumoral Lesions Affecting Peripheral Nerve

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This chapter reviews a variety of non-neurogenic tumoral and pseudotumoral lesions affecting nerve. These may include benign entities such as ganglion cysts, adipose lesions of nerve, and neuromuscular choristomas or malignant ones such as metastases with perineural spread. Knowledge of their clinicoradiological features can generate a differential diagnosis, in some cases establishing a diagnosis without the need for biopsy. These findings have treatment implications.

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  1. Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Tomas Marek & Robert J. Spinner

  2. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Kimberly K. Amrami

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  1. WFNS Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital (HUGG) School of Medicine Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Fernando Guedes

  2. WFNS Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Eric L. Zager

  3. WFNS Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee Department of Neurosurgery, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Debora Garozzo

  4. WFNS Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee, Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, Clinic for Neurosurgery, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Department of Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Functional Neurosurgery and Pain Management Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia

    Lukas Rasulic

  5. WFNS Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee Peripheral Nerve & Brachial Plexus Surgery Program Department of Neurosurgery, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Mariano Socolovsky

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Marek, T., Amrami, K.K., Spinner, R.J. (2021). Non-neurogenic Tumoral and Pseudotumoral Lesions Affecting Peripheral Nerve. In: Guedes, F., Zager, E.L., Garozzo, D., Rasulic, L., Socolovsky, M. (eds) Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Tumors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77633-6_18

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