title: Retroperitoneal schwannoma: a common tumour in an uncommon site.
abstract: We describe a female adult patient who presented with acute retention of urine and vague abdominal discomfort. A provisional diagnosis of ovarian tumour was made after cross-sectional imaging. At laparotomy a very large retroperitoneal mass was biopsied and found to be a schwannoma after pathological examination. The clinical, radiological, and pathological features of this disease are discussed in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: T Y C
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Tam
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed