[The giant schwannoma in the pelvic cavity: a case report].
A 62-year-old man presented with a giant tumor in the pelvic cavity that was incidentally revealed by abdominal ultrasonography. Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging showed the heterogenous tumor in the pelvis with cystic components. The tumor was 10.8 × 10.5 × 11.7 cm in diameter and adhered to the sacral wall. The tumor was extirpated following diagnosis as a benign neurogenic tumor by needle biopsy. The pelvic cavity was occupied by the tumor rigidly adhered to the sacrum. The histopathological diagnosis of the specimen was benign schwannoma, type Antoni A.
The Department of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Yuichiro
Y
Suzuki
Naoki
N
Sugiyama
Akiko
A
Okamoto
Hayato
H
Yamamoto
Shingo
S
Hatakeyama
Takahiro
T
Yoneyama
Yasuhiro
Y
Hasimoto
Takuya
T
Koie
Noritaka
N
Kamimura
Chikara
C
Ohyama
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012447:Sacrum / Q000473:pathology