title: Retroperitoneal schwannoma: a rare presentation.
abstract: The Schwannoma is nerve sheath tumor originating from Schwann cell of peripheral nerve and is commonly found in head,neck and flexor surface of extremities. Only few cases have been reported to be found in retroperitoneum. Here, we describe a 21 year old female lady who presented to our centre with lump and pain in right iliac fossa and was found to have Schwannoma by CT scan and Fine needle aspiration cytology. She underwent laparotomy and excision of tumor and was confirmed to have Schwannoma on histopathological examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Basnet
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lakhey
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kafle
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bhandari
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009390:Nepal; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult