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.
Hida
K
K
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Hokkaido, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Iwasaki
Y
Y
Abe
H
H
Itamoto
K
K
Kaneda
K
K
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