Laparoscopic partial cystectomy for schwannoma of urinary bladder: case report.
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.
Geol
Huh
H
Huh Geol Urology Clinic, Busan, Korea.
Kim
Dong Woo
DW
Kim
Tae Hyo
TH
Seong
Youl Keun
YK
Cho
Won Yeol
WY
Kim
Soo Dong
SD
Lee
Ki Soo
KS
Sung
Gyung Tak
GT
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*
D003287:Contrast Media