If you have been dealing with a sharp, burning, or tingling sensation along the inner knee, the medial side of the lower leg, or even into the inner ankle, and nobody seems to find anything definitive on imaging, you are probably familiar with the frustration.

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.