title: Laparoscopic phrenectomy for a diaphragmatic neurilemmoma.
abstract: Diaphragmatic neurilemmoma (schwannoma) is an extremely rare tumor that is often discovered incidentally. Even when diagnosed, patients are commonly advised only to attend regular follow-up appointments as conventional tumorectomy is enormously invasive and confers relatively few benefits. Here, we report a unique case of a diaphragmatic neurilemmoma with concomitant symptomatic cholecystolithiasis, who was treated successfully by pure laparoscopy. The entire operation lasted 65 min, and patient was discharged uneventfully on the 3(rd) post-operative day. The follow-up for 29 months has shown with no recurrence or symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266071, China.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Minghui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xiujun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cai
keywords: Diaphragmatic neurilemmoma; diaphragmatic tumor; laparoscopy