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Abstract
This is a 67-year-old man with a slow-growing hypovascular mass involving the left
brachial plexus. Metastases are statistically the most common brachial plexus tumor,
but we excluded it because of the absence of a primary tumor. The final differential
diagnosis is between a schwannoma and fibrous tissue tumor. Because of the findings
observed on aspiration biopsy, the latter pathologic process is favored.
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