title: Laparoscopic treatment of retroperitoneal benign schwannoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report on a case of retroperitoneal benign schwannoma treated by laparoscopic surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The difficulties of diagnosis and the advantages of laparoscopic management are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Saitama Medical School, Japan. ohigashi@med.keio.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohigashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanoma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Deguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed