A schwannoma at the knee is one of those diagnoses that arrives quietly but leaves a long list of open questions. You may have received it after an MRI ordered for unrelated knee pain, or after noticing a slowly growing mass near the back of your knee or along the popliteal fossa.

Having a neurofibroma in or around the knee puts you in an uncomfortable position. The condition is real, sometimes painful or functionally limiting, and yet the standard clinical response is often minimal.