[Pelvic kystic schwannoma evoking a tumor of the right seminal vesicle].
We present the case of a pelvic schwannoma in a 36 year old man. It was discovered by chance during the medical assessment of a prostatitis. A computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 8 centimeters cystic pelvic tumor, closed to the right seminal vesicle. The patient underwent a transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy, which showed a proliferation of neural peripheric cells with nuclear abnormalities. A tumorectomy was performed by laparotomy. The histological study diagnosed a benign cystic schwannoma. The patient was free of disease 12 months postoperatively.
Service d'urologie, hôpital Conception, AP-HM, faculté de médecine Timone, université Aix-marseille 2, 147, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012669:Seminal Vesicles