title: [Schwannoma of the kidney with severe calcification: a case report].
abstract: Schwannoma arising from the kidney is a rare benign tumor, with only 20 cases reported in the English literature. We encountered a histopathologically typical Schwannoma of the kidney in a 39-year-old woman, which was characterized by marked calcification. Radical nephrectomy was performed under the diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. The 21 reported cases of schwannoma of the kidney, including the present case, are reviewed in detail.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Hideshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyakita
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Soutaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Motoaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Seiei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osamura
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terachi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery