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Case report of a rare retroperitoneal pelvic Schwannoma

Ivona Gračanin orcid.org/0000-0003-0383-971X ; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Center Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Kirac ; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Center Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Dario Björn Franjić ; Department of Vascular Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivo Pedišić ; Department of Radiology, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Miroslav Lesar ; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Center Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Schwannoma is a tumor arising from peripheral nerve sheath, found very rarely in the retroperitoneal part of the pelvis. It can reach large proportions before causing symptoms due to mass effect and is mostly diagnosed incidentaly.
We describe a pelvic retroperitoneal Schwannoma in a 67-year-old man presented with progressive pain in lower left abdominal quadrant with digestive discomforts, which lasted for three months. Patohistological examination after complete surgical excision revealed a Schwannoma.

Keywords

schwannoma; retroperitoneal pelvic schwannoma; symptoms; diagnosis; treatment

Hrčak ID:

275905

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/275905

Publication date:

25.11.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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