Intranodal thoracic schwannoma, an unusual type of neurogenic tumor
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Francisco Rivas1, Anna Ureña, Ivan Macia
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Feixa Llarga s/n, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08907, Spain.
Abstract:
The primary intranodal schwannoma is an uncommon variant of schwannomas and extremely rare. We report the case of a 70-year-old woman who was found to have a soft tissue opacity in the right hemithorax on chest posteroanterior radiography and significant uptake of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose on positron emission tomography. We performed thoracoscopic resection, and a definitive diagnosis of intranodal schwannoma was made from the pathological findings.
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