A Case Report of Neurilemmoma of the Chest Wall

흉벽에 발생한 양성 신경초종 1예

  • Lee, Tae-Yeong (Department of Internal medicine, St. Benedict Hospital Pusan) ;
  • Park, Jae-Suk (Department of Internal medicine, St. Benedict Hospital Pusan) ;
  • Sung, Young-Ran (Department of Internal medicine, St. Benedict Hospital Pusan) ;
  • Kim, Wan-Su (Department of Internal medicine, St. Benedict Hospital Pusan) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Kyung (Department of Internal medicine, St. Benedict Hospital Pusan) ;
  • Park, Mi-Kyung (Department of Internal medicine, St. Benedict Hospital Pusan) ;
  • Kim, Do-Sub (Department of Internal medicine, St. Benedict Hospital Pusan) ;
  • Hur, Kab-Do (Department of Internal medicine, St. Benedict Hospital Pusan)
  • Published : 1997.06.30

Abstract

Benign solitary schwannoma of the chest wall is a rare disease of nerve sheath origin A 43-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital for right upper quandrant pain Chest X-ray shows nonspecific finding, ultrasonography & CT scan revealed a solid tumor on the right lateral chest wall. On aspiration needle biopsy, this mass was turned out to be a schwannoma of the right lateral chest wall. This mass was excised surgically in an encapsulated state by right lateral thoracotomy. Histological section revealed a typical schwannoma, which is characterized by Antoni A and Antoni B tissues of high & low cellularity.

저자들은 우상복부동통을 내원한 흉부 x선상 정상이었던 43세 여자 환자에서 흡입침생검술로 확진하여 개흉술로 완전절제한 우하흉부에 발생한 신경최종 1예를 경험하고 함께 보고한다.

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