Schwannoma in the psoas muscle removed by the retroperitoneal approach.
The case of a 56-year-old male with a schwannoma in the right psoas muscle is reported. The tumour was extirpated by the retroperitoneal approach, which afforded direct access to this lumbar paraspinal lesion.
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Hokkaido, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
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Hida
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Iwasaki
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Abe
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Itamoto
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Kaneda
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000601:surgery