A huge cystic cellular schwannoma of the intercostal nerve presenting with dyspnea.
We report a 73-year-old man who presented with dyspnea that was caused by a huge and single cystic cellular schwannoma in the left chest. He underwent radical tumor excision by a thoracotomy. The patient is doing well, without evidence of recurrence, 8 months after surgical resection.
Chen
Wei-Chou
WC
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chang
Yih-Leong
YL
Lee
Yung-Chie
YC