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Two cases of solitary benign neurinomas of the sciatic popliteal nerves are reported. Computed tomography (CT) confirmed the clinically suspected diagnosis of a tumor of nervous origin, and provided accurate preoperative location of these tumors.
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Thiebot, J., Laissy, J.P., Delangre, T. et al. Benign solitary neurinomas of the sciatic popliteal nerves CT study. Neuroradiology 33, 186–188 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588267
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