PLEXIFORM NEUROFIBROMA WITH DUAL NERVE ORIGIN WITHIN THE PALM: A CASE REPORT

Abstract

We describe a unique case of a 44-year-old gentleman who presented to our hand department with a history of a lump within his right palm that spanned several decades. Its gradual increase in size together with pain on palpation merited further investigation and subsequent surgical excision. Extensive tumour emanating from both ulnar and median nerves was resected, the histopathological diagnosis of which was plexiform neurofibroma. We believe this is the first description of an isolated plexiform neurofibroma of the hand with dual nerve origin.