Intercostal ancient schwannoma mimicking an apical lung tumour

Petteruti, Francesco; Luca, Giuseppe De; Lerro, Anna; Luciano, Alessia; Cozzolino, Immacolata; Pepino, Pauline

doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082495

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“…1 Although there are a few reports of malignant transformation, 4 most of ancient schwannoma express a benign nature. 2,3 In contrast, the symptoms of our patient were much more severe than previously reported cases. 1,5 Reports of those arising from mediastimun are extremely rare.…”

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Intrathoracic Ancient Neurilemoma Mimicking Mesenchymal Thoracic Tumor

Chen

Chang

Hsu

2013

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

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Intrathoracic Ancient Neurilemoma Mimicking Mesenchymal Thoracic Tumor

Chen

Chang

Hsu

2013

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

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“…Fine needle aspiration of chest wall schwannomas are frequently inconclusive and has a potential that may be confused with that of a malignant [4,6] tumor. This may be due to scanty cellularity and [7,8,9] presence of atypical cells. Cytological features of ancient schwannoma include aggregates of spindle cells with indistinct cytoplasm and elongated nucleus with [ 6 ] pointed ends.…”

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Ancient Schwannoma of the Chest Wall Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology- A Rare Case Report

Bhat

Permi

Shetty

et al. 2012

Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU

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Schwannomas are benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Ancient schwannoma is an uncommon variant of schwannoma, which is usually located in the retroperitoneum. Those located in the chest wall are extremely rare. We report a case of ancient schwannoma in a 34 yr old male who presented with left sided chest pain, found to have a mass lesion in the chest wall radiologically. CT guided fine needle aspiration cytology showed features of ancient schwannoma which was confirmed on histopathology. Cytological findings in correlation with long standing nature and well defined borders on radiological examination of the lesion will aid in the preoperative diagnosis and proper management.

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“…A definitive diagnosis is possible only after histopathological examination. [9,10] An intercostal schwannoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of intercostal neuralgia, and a chest radiograph is often sufficient to demonstrate this rare, but treatable condition. Rib erosion with a sclerotic border is suggestive of a benign lesion; however, erosion which spreads to multiple ribs suggests malignancy.…”

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An asymptomatic schwannoma originating from an intercostal nerve: A case report

Akgül¹

2012

Turk Gogus Kalp Dama

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Schwannomalar sinir kılıfından veya schwann hücrele-rinden köken alan, sıklıkla soliter, kapsüle ve asemptomatik lezyonlardır. Toraks içindeki lezyonların büyük çoğunluğu mediasten içinde yer almaktadır. Bu yazıda, interkostal sinirden kaynaklı nadir bir schwannoma olgusu sunuldu.Anah tar söz cük ler: İnterkostal sinir; schwannoma; cerrahi.Schwannomas are usually solitary, encapsulated, and asymptomatic lesions which mostly originate from the nerve sheath or schwann cells. The majority of these lesions of the thoracic cavity are located in the mediastinum. In this article, we report a rare case of an intercostal nerve schwannoma.

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Intercostal ancient schwannoma mimicking an apical lung tumour

Cited by 9 publications

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Intrathoracic Ancient Neurilemoma Mimicking Mesenchymal Thoracic Tumor

Intrathoracic Ancient Neurilemoma Mimicking Mesenchymal Thoracic Tumor

Ancient Schwannoma of the Chest Wall Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology- A Rare Case Report

An asymptomatic schwannoma originating from an intercostal nerve: A case report

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