Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report

Schwannomas are benign tumors in 95% of cases and very rarely occur in the retroperitoneum. We report the cases of a 35-year-old man with abdominal discomfort and a 50-year-old asymptomatic woman with large retroperitoneal masses. Both underwent multivisceral surgery to exclude an adrenal carcinoma,...

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Main Authors:	Fülber Isabelle, Peer Katharina, Maurer Elisabeth, Bartsch Detlef K., Görlach Jannis, Göbel Joachim Nils, Roeßler Marion, Holzer Katharina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	De Gruyter 2020-08-01
Series:	Innovative Surgical Science
Subjects:	case report diagnosis incidentaloma multivisceral resection retroperitoneal tumor retroperitoneal schwannoma schwannoma
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1515/iss-2020-0008

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spelling	doaj-352cea97dfea4a2f9671703d53466d9c2021-09-05T20:51:12ZengDe GruyterInnovative Surgical Science2364-74852020-08-0151-2757910.1515/iss-2020-0008iss-2020-0008Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case reportFülber Isabelle0Peer Katharina1Maurer Elisabeth2Bartsch Detlef K.3Görlach Jannis4Göbel Joachim Nils5Roeßler Marion6Holzer Katharina7Department of General- and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, GermanyDepartment of General- and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, GermanyDepartment of General- and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, GermanyDepartment of General- and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, GermanyDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, GermanyDepartment of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Infectiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, GermanyDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, GermanyDepartment of General- and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, GermanySchwannomas are benign tumors in 95% of cases and very rarely occur in the retroperitoneum. We report the cases of a 35-year-old man with abdominal discomfort and a 50-year-old asymptomatic woman with large retroperitoneal masses. Both underwent multivisceral surgery to exclude an adrenal carcinoma, and the pathologic diagnosis showed schwannomas in both cases. Despite morphological imaging, it was not possible to get a clear diagnosis preoperatively.https://doi.org/10.1515/iss-2020-0008case reportdiagnosisincidentalomamultivisceral resectionretroperitoneal tumorretroperitoneal schwannomaschwannoma
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author	Fülber Isabelle Peer Katharina Maurer Elisabeth Bartsch Detlef K. Görlach Jannis Göbel Joachim Nils Roeßler Marion Holzer Katharina
spellingShingle	Fülber Isabelle Peer Katharina Maurer Elisabeth Bartsch Detlef K. Görlach Jannis Göbel Joachim Nils Roeßler Marion Holzer Katharina Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report Innovative Surgical Science case report diagnosis incidentaloma multivisceral resection retroperitoneal tumor retroperitoneal schwannoma schwannoma
author_facet	Fülber Isabelle Peer Katharina Maurer Elisabeth Bartsch Detlef K. Görlach Jannis Göbel Joachim Nils Roeßler Marion Holzer Katharina
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title	Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report
title_short	Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report
title_full	Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report
title_fullStr	Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report
title_full_unstemmed	Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report
title_sort	two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report
publisher	De Gruyter
series	Innovative Surgical Science
issn	2364-7485
publishDate	2020-08-01
description	Schwannomas are benign tumors in 95% of cases and very rarely occur in the retroperitoneum. We report the cases of a 35-year-old man with abdominal discomfort and a 50-year-old asymptomatic woman with large retroperitoneal masses. Both underwent multivisceral surgery to exclude an adrenal carcinoma, and the pathologic diagnosis showed schwannomas in both cases. Despite morphological imaging, it was not possible to get a clear diagnosis preoperatively.
topic	case report diagnosis incidentaloma multivisceral resection retroperitoneal tumor retroperitoneal schwannoma schwannoma
url	https://doi.org/10.1515/iss-2020-0008
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Two giant retroperitoneal schwannomas mimicking adrenal malignancy – a case report

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