Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma presenting as a giant adrenal tumor.
We report a 51-year-old man with a primary adrenal tumor presenting as a giant juxta-adrenal benign schwannoma. The patient was initially admitted for persistent fevers and underwent a sepsis workup. Abdominal ultrasound initially revealed an incidental right suprarenal mass, which measured 10 x 10 x 11 cm, estimated by computed tomography. Following a successful laparotomy, histologic examination confirmed that this giant tumor was a benign retroperitoneal schwannoma. Postoperatively, the patient remains disease-free, undergoing rehabilitation.
Hettiarachchi
Janaka A
JA
Department of Urology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y. USA.
Finkelstein
Michael P
MP
Schwartz
Alec M
AM
Johnson
G Blake
GB
Konno
Sensuke
S
Choudhury
Muhammad S
MS
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery