Schwannoma in the peridiaphragm

Schwannoma in the peridiaphragm

A rare case of benign diaphragmatic schwannoma in a 50-year-old woman is reported. The 8-cm tumor was located in the right diaphragm. This well-circumscribed tumor highly depressed the liver. Complete extirpation of the tumor was performed, and pathology examination revealed that the benign schwanno...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2008-09, Vol.56 (9), p.453-455
Hauptverfasser: Ohba, Taro, Shoji, Fumihiro, Kometani, Takurou, Yoshino, Ichiro, Maehara, Yoshihiko
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiology
Case Report
Diaphragm - pathology
Diaphragm - surgery
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Muscle Neoplasms - pathology
Muscle Neoplasms - surgery
Neurilemmoma - pathology
Neurilemmoma - surgery
Radiography, Thoracic
Surgical Oncology
Thoracic Surgery
Thoracotomy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:A rare case of benign diaphragmatic schwannoma in a 50-year-old woman is reported. The 8-cm tumor was located in the right diaphragm. This well-circumscribed tumor highly depressed the liver. Complete extirpation of the tumor was performed, and pathology examination revealed that the benign schwannoma had originated from the diaphragm.
ISSN:1863-6705
1863-6713
DOI:10.1007/s11748-008-0269-0