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Primary Culture of Human Vestibular Schwannomas
Published on: July 20, 2014
Retroperitoneal schwannomas
Dousan Veliovits1, Aliki Fiska, Georgios Zorbas
1Didimotichon General Hospital, Didimotichon, Greece.
Background:
Retroperitoneal schwannomas are very rare and are usually found incidentally.
Cases Report:
Two rare cases of retroperitoneal schwannomas are reported. Both were incidentally found during US scans for non-specific epigastric pain and were initially diagnosed as non-secreting retroperitoneal tumors. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT scan. In both patients the tumors were resected. The definitive diagnosis was possible by histopathology.
Conclusions:
Although the preoperative assessment of a retroperitoneal tumor may be indicative of a retroperitoneal schwannoma, the definitive diagnosis is possible only by histopathology after surgical removal of the tumor.
