Retroperitoneal Ancient Schwannoma
Schwannomas are benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors made up of Schwann cells. Ancient schwannoma is an uncommon subtype of schwannomas exhibiting areas of cystic cavitation, calcification and hyalinization. The “ancient” term refers to tumors that are long standing and show degenerative changes an...
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| author | Tuba Kalelioğlu Cansu Benli Cemile Üzümlü Özdemir Esengül Uzuner Murat Vardar Yıldıray Savaş |
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| description | Schwannomas are benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors made up of Schwann cells. Ancient schwannoma is an uncommon subtype of schwannomas exhibiting areas of cystic cavitation, calcification and hyalinization. The “ancient” term refers to tumors that are long standing and show degenerative changes and diffuse hypocellular areas. This case highlights that the possibility of ancient schwannoma should be considered in patients presenting with a retroperitoneal cystic mass. |
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| spelling | doaj-dea062d2e06349bcbc78c2b67174abd12025-11-02T23:55:34ZengHaseki Training and Research HospitalHaseki Tıp Bülteni1302-00722147-26882019-03-015719810110.4274/haseki.galenos.2017.394713049054Retroperitoneal Ancient SchwannomaTuba Kalelioğlu0Cansu Benli1Cemile Üzümlü Özdemir2Esengül Uzuner3Murat Vardar4Yıldıray Savaş5 İstanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Radiology, İstanbul, Turkey İstanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pathology, İstanbul, Turkey İstanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pathology, İstanbul, Turkey İstanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pathology, İstanbul, Turkey İstanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of General Surgery, İstanbul, Turkey İstanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Radiology, İstanbul, Turkey Schwannomas are benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors made up of Schwann cells. Ancient schwannoma is an uncommon subtype of schwannomas exhibiting areas of cystic cavitation, calcification and hyalinization. The “ancient” term refers to tumors that are long standing and show degenerative changes and diffuse hypocellular areas. This case highlights that the possibility of ancient schwannoma should be considered in patients presenting with a retroperitoneal cystic mass. http://www.hasekidergisi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/retroperitoneal-ancient-schwannoma/25946 Schwannomaancientretroperitoneal |
| spellingShingle | Tuba Kalelioğlu Cansu Benli Cemile Üzümlü Özdemir Esengül Uzuner Murat Vardar Yıldıray Savaş Retroperitoneal Ancient Schwannoma Schwannoma ancient retroperitoneal |
| title | Retroperitoneal Ancient Schwannoma |
| title_full | Retroperitoneal Ancient Schwannoma |
| title_fullStr | Retroperitoneal Ancient Schwannoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Retroperitoneal Ancient Schwannoma |
| title_short | Retroperitoneal Ancient Schwannoma |
| title_sort | retroperitoneal ancient schwannoma |
| topic | Schwannoma ancient retroperitoneal |
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