Retroperitoneal schwannomas: dilemmas in diagnostic approach and therapeutic management

A Mastoraki, F Toska, I Tsiverdis, M Kyriazi… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Schwannomas are rare tumors arising from Schwan cells of the peripheral
nerve sheath. The majority of the cases are sporadic and familial clustering is often …

Adrenal tumors with unexpected outcome: a review of the literature

TM Kerkhofs, RM Roumen… - International journal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The finding of an adrenal mass should induce a diagnostic work‐up aimed at assessing
autonomous hormone production and differentiating between benign and (potentially) …

Management of benign retroperitoneal schwannomas: a single-center experience

DC Strauss, YA Qureshi, AJ Hayes… - The American Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: We describe the presentation, diagnostic pathway, and management of 28
patients with benign retroperitoneal schwannomas. METHODS: A prospectively kept soft …

Giant sacral schwannoma: a report of six cases

C Pongsthorn, H Ozawa, T Aizawa… - Upsala journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Sacral and presacral schwannomas are often found incidentally, because they present with
vague symptoms or symptomless. Schwannoma occurring in this area occasionally presents …

[HTML][HTML] CT and MR imaging of retroperitoneal schwannoma

N Hoarau, K Slim, D Da Ines - Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, 2013 - Elsevier
The purpose of this presentation is to allow the radiologist to discuss the diagnosis of
retroperitoneal schwannoma, involving mostly a fortuitous discovery and a misleading …

Surgical management of giant presacral schwannoma: systematic review of published cases and meta-analysis: Presented at the 2019 AANS/CNS Joint Section on …

Z Pennington, EM Westbroek, AK Ahmed… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Giant presacral schwannomas are rare sacral tumors found in less than 1 of
every 40,000 hospitalizations. Current management of these tumors is based solely upon …

[HTML][HTML] Single stage posterior approach for total resection of presacral giant schwannoma: a technical case report

BH Lee, SJ Hyun, JH Park, KJ Kim - Korean Journal of Spine, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The neurogenic tumor of frequent occurrence in the presacral area is a schwannoma. Giant
presacral schwannoma has a risk for anterior surgical approach because of its massive size …

Clinicopathological variables of sporadic schwannomas of peripheral nerve in 291 patients and expression of biologically relevant markers

ED Young, D Ingram, W Metcalf-Doetsch, D Khan… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE While sporadic peripheral schwannomas (SPSs) are generally well treated with
surgery, their biology is not well understood. Consequently, treatment options are limited …

[HTML][HTML] Giant retroperitoneal schwannoma: a case report

H Fu, B Lu - International Journal of Clinical and Experimental …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Schwannomas are rare tumors originating from the Schwann sheath of the peripheral or
cranial nerves. They are usually benign tumors and in 95% of the cases they originate from …

[HTML][HTML] Three cases of retroperitoneal schwannoma diagnosed by EUS-FNA

T Kudo, H Kawakami, M Kuwatani, N Ehira… - World Journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Schwannomas are peripheral nerve tumors that are typically solitary and benign. Their
diagnosis is largely based on surgically resected specimens. Recently, a number of case …