Table 1.
Schwannoma of the foot. Systematic review of the literature from 1996 to 2017
| Author | Year | N. pts | Age | Gender | Nerve or site | NF | Variant | Treatment | Complications | Function or outcome |
| Ozdemir et al [15] | 1997 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ikushima et al [16] | 1999 | 1 | 8 | M | Heel | - | Plexiform | Excision | - | Good |
| Bakotic et al [17] | 2001 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Odom et al [18] | 2001 | 1 | 74 | F | MP nerve | - | - | Excision | - | Good |
| Still et al [19] | 2001 | 1 | 55 | F | MP nerve | - | - | Excision | - | Good |
| Torossian et al [20] | 2001 | 1 | 30 | M | Heel | - | - | Excision | Need of flap reconstr. | Good |
| Mott et al [21] | 2003 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Mangrulkar et al [22] | 2007 | 1 | 37 | M | Foot (large mass) | - | - | Excision | - | LR (9 mos) |
| Boya et al [23] | 2008 | 1 | 20 | M | TP nerve | - | - | Excision | - | Good |
| Kwon et al [24] | 2009 | 1 | 72 | F | MP nerve | - | - | Excision | - | Good |
| Carvajal et al [13] | 2011 | 1 1 |
44 78 |
F F |
Foot Hindfoot |
- | - | Excision Excision0 |
- | Good Good |
| Jacobson et al [9] | 2011 | 1 | 65 | M | Midfoot | - | Plexiform | Excision | - | Good |
| Milnes et al [25] | 2012 | 1 | 73 | F | PT nerve | - | - | Excision | - | Good |
| Azevedo et al [26] | 2013 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | - | - | Excision | n/a | LR- |
| Hallahan et al [27] | 2014 | 1 | 54 | F | PT nerve | - | - | Excision | Axonal tibial neuropathy | LR- |
| Kallini et al [28] | 2014 | 1 | 25 | M | Heel | - | - | Excision | n/a | n/a |
| Kellner et al [29] | 2014 | 1 1 1 |
n/a n/a n/a |
n/a n/a n/a |
PT nerve PT nerve Sural nerve | - | - | Excision Excision Excision |
n/a n/a n/a |
n/a n/a n/a |
| Li et al [8] | 2014 | 1 | 19 | F | CPD nerve | - | Plexiform | Excision | - | Good |
| Mohammed et al [4] | 2014 | 1 1 |
38 11 |
F M |
Heel subcutaneous Midfoot | - | Plexiform Plexiform |
Excision Excision |
- | Good Good |
| Ruggieri et al [11] | 2014 | 14 | n/a | n/a | Hindfoot (6) Midfoot (8) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nishio et al [14] | 2015 | 1 | 32 | F | PT nerve | - | Plexiform | Excision | - | Good |
| Min et al [30] | 2015 | 1 | 38 | M | MP nerve | Type III* | - | Excision | - | Good |
NF: Neurofibromatosis; LR: local recurrence; CPD: Common Plantar Digital nerve; PT: Posterior Tibial; MP: Medial Plantar; n/a: not available; ° Recurrent lesion * Schwannomatosis has been considered as Type III NF