title: [A case of intrapulmonary schwannoma and a review of the Japanese literature].
abstract: A 61 year-old male with abnormal shadow on chest X-ray was admitted. Right upper lobectomy was performed on the suspicious diagnosis of benign lung tumor. The tumor arising from right upper lobe was 5 X 6 X 4.5 cm in diameter. The histological diagnosis was schwannoma. Intrapulmonary schwannoma is an extremely rare and we have found 13 reported cases among in Japanese literatures.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aduma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy