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Retroperitoneal schwannoma: common tumour in an uncommon place Cover

Retroperitoneal schwannoma: common tumour in an uncommon place

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Open Access
|Jan 2014

Abstract

Schwannomas are tumours that originate from Schwann cells. [1] Schwannomas usually arise from sensory nerves, however, motor nerve origin is also reported.[2] They are ordinarily seen in the head , neck and extremities, and are only rarely found in the retro- peritoneum. A retroperitoneal location accounts for 0.3% to 3.2% of all primary schwannomas. [1] Here we report a case of  benign  retroperitoneal schwannoma.

Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery 2013; 31(3):59-60

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljs.v31i3.5163

Language: English
Page range: 59 - 60
Published on: Jan 25, 2014
Published by: The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2014 SN Deshmukh, SG Agarwal, SA Bolde, VR Shah, published by The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.