title: CT and MR imaging of retroperitoneal schwannoma.
abstract: The purpose of this presentation is to allow the radiologist to discuss the diagnosis of retroperitoneal schwannoma, involving mostly a fortuitous discovery and a misleading clinical presentation. We present 4 cases of retroperitoneal schwannoma, two having benefited from a surgery and two others of a therapeutic abstention. The retropritoneal localization and the imaging are good indicator elements of this pathology. The constant improvement of the CT and MR imaging allows a better approach of this entity also by specifying its localization and its anatomical relationships to guide the therapeutic attitude which must be remain mutidisciplinary.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Médicale, CHU Estaing, 1, place Lucie-Aubrac, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France. Electronic address: nellhoa974@hotmail.fr.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoarau
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Slim
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Da Ines
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: CT imaging; MR imaging; Retroperitoneal space; Schwannoma