title: Giant schwannoma of the back.
abstract: We treated a patient with giant schwannoma of the back. The tumor measured 35 x 25 x 12 cm and weighted 1840 g. Histological diagnosis was benign schwannoma. To our knowledge, there is no previous report of such a large schwannoma of the back.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunisada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed