title: Intranodal thoracic schwannoma, an unusual type of neurogenic tumor.
abstract: The primary intranodal schwannoma is an uncommon variant of schwannomas and extremely rare. We report the case of a 70-year-old woman who was found to have a soft tissue opacity in the right hemithorax on chest posteroanterior radiography and significant uptake of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose on positron emission tomography. We performed thoracoscopic resection, and a definitive diagnosis of intranodal schwannoma was made from the pathological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Feixa Llarga s/n, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08907, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivas
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ureña
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Macia
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosado
authors.forename: Juliet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toñanez
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Penin
authors.forename: Ricard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013906:Thoracoscopy