title: Giant dumbbell-shaped schwannoma but not transforaminal: transdiaphragmatic.
abstract: A 31-year-old man reported a 3-month history of right upper abdominal pain and effort dyspnoea. The laboratory data demonstrated no abnormality. On abdominal ultrasound, a gross solid lesion with smooth borders was seen behind the liver. CT scan revealed a huge tumour, 23×17×15 cm in size, it was in the right posterior mediastinum and extended to the right retroperitoneum. In sagittal plane CT images, the lesion was like a dumbbell shape. CT-guided biopsy revealed a spindle cell tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Van Military Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cuce
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Van Training and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muntecep
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asker
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Guner
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sonmez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography