title: Abdominal and flank pain as presenting symptoms of schwannoma.
abstract: Spinal cord tumors have been reported to cause abdominal, flank, and back pain. This case report describes an extensive evaluation of an adolescent male presenting with flank, abdominal, and back pain leading to the diagnosis of a schwannoma. The case underscores the need to consider spinal cord tumors in the differential diagnosis of abdominal and/or flank pain.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, CA 90027.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Neinstein
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000293:Adolescent; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed