Retroperitoneal schwannoma: a common tumour in an uncommon site.

نویسندگان

  • C S Wong
  • T Y C Chu
  • K F Tam
چکیده

We describe a female adult patient who presented with acute retention of urine and vague abdominal discomfort. A provisional diagnosis of ovarian tumour was made after cross-sectional imaging. At laparotomy a very large retroperitoneal mass was biopsied and found to be a schwannoma after pathological examination. The clinical, radiological, and pathological features of this disease are discussed in this report.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi

دوره 16 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010