title: Laparoscopic partial cystectomy for schwannoma of urinary bladder: case report.
abstract: Primary schwannomas of the urinary bladder are extremely rare. They arise from Schwann's cells in nerve sheaths and are often associated with von Recklinghausen's disease. In these cases, open partial cystectomy has been the choice of treatment. We performed laparoscopic partial cystectomy in a 35-year-old man who showed a 3.5-cm solid bladder mass on pelvic CT. The lesion was found to be a primary schwannoma of the urinary bladder without evidence of von Recklinghausen disease.
authors.affiliation: Huh Geol Urology Clinic, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Huh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Geol
authors.forename: Dong Woo
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Hyo
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Youl Keun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: Won Yeol
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Soo Dong
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gyung Tak
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Sung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003287:Contrast Media; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media