Giant retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma： A case report and review of literature

The retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma is an extremely rare pathological entity and sparsely reported in the literature. We reported a case of a 56-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital for giant retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma with 40 cm in diameter. The case did not accompanied by n...

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Published inThe Chinese-German journal of clinical oncology Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 180 - 182
Main Authors Li, Chuanming, Shi, Yan, Luo, Huaxing, Wang, Jian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.03.2010
Subjects
Cancer Research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oncology
Surgical Oncology
三维重建
病例报告
螺旋CT
radical surgery
retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma
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Summary:The retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma is an extremely rare pathological entity and sparsely reported in the literature. We reported a case of a 56-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital for giant retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma with 40 cm in diameter. The case did not accompanied by neurofibromatosis. We used spiral CT 3D reconstruction to identify the characters of the tumor and the invasion to the peripheral organs before surgery. The patient has been survived for more than 8 years after radical surgery. Its clinical presentation, radiological, histopathological features, and radical surgery were retrospective analysis.
Bibliography:retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma; radical surgery
radical surgery
Q42
retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma
42-1654/R
S858.292
ISSN:1610-1979
1613-9089
DOI:10.1007/s10330-009-0186-4