[A case of intrapulmonary schwannoma and a review of the Japanese literature].
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.
Uchiyama
Y
Y
Minami
H
H
Yamashita
M
M
Aduma
K
K
Takahashi
T
T
Nakamura
A
A
D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy