title: Schwannoma of the pulmonary artery.
abstract: Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) originating from the pulmonary artery has not before been described. A 65 year-old male presented with dyspnoea on exertion. CT scan was negative for pulmonary thromboembolism, but showed a well circumscribed, heterogeneous mass, 52 mm × 45 mm × 41 mm, straddling the left pulmonary artery and compressing the left atrium. The mass was found at surgery to be originating from the lateral wall of the left pulmonary artery. The tumour was completely resected, and the pulmonary artery reconstructed. The mass was found to be a benign schwannoma on histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia. kristenelstner@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Elstner
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Granger
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Nirmala
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumaradevan
authors.forename: Melvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*