[Retroperitoneal schwannoma: report of a clinical case and review of the literature].
The retroperitoneal localization of a schwannoma or neurilemmoma undoubtedly represents an unusual occurrence (0.5-0.7% of all sites); this data, together with the absence of a typical clinical picture and the lack of peculiar instrumental signs, make a preoperative diagnosis of this lesion really hard to ascertain. In this paper, on the basis of a case report successfully treated, the Authors review the literature analysing current diagnostic and therapeutic work up, mainly emphasizing controversies in determining a proper preoperative diagnosis among all retroperitoneal tumours.
Ziparo
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I Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
Bocchetti
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Mercantini
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Di Giacomo
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Caleno
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Lucandri
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D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography