Primary Benign Schwannoma of the pleura: A rare case
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Schwannoma, also called neurilemmoma is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Most common locations are flexor surfaces of the extremities, neck, mediastinum, retroperitoneum, posterior spinal roots and cerebellopontine angle. Pleural schwannomas are extremely rare neoplasms of the thoracic cavity. To the best of our knowledge, till date, less than 20 cases have been reported. Herein, we report a case of primary benign pleural schwannoma in an elderly 60 year old female in whom the pleural mass was discovered incidentally on CT chest. Patient was subjected to right postero-lateral thoracotomy, pleural mass was resected which showed histopathological and immunohistochemical features of schwannoma.
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T. Sundari Devi, Narala Srivani, Quadri SSS, Shravan Kumar
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