Retroperitoneal Malignant Schwannoma. A Case Report
| Autor: | Antonio Guadalaxara, Giuseppe Pappalardo, Anna Maria Ciccone, Giuseppina Oddi, Fabrizio Maria Frattaroli, Mauro Trifero |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Cancer Research
Poor prognosis medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Schwannoma medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Oncology medicine Humans Neoplasm Female In patient Retroperitoneal Neoplasms 030212 general & internal medicine Radical surgery business Neurilemmoma Short survival |
| Zdroj: | Tumori Journal. 80:238-240 |
| ISSN: | 2038-2529 0300-8916 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/030089169408000315 |
| Popis: | The isolated retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma unassociated with Von Recklinghausen's disease is an unusual neoplasm, representing 0.01% of all retroperitoneal malignant neoplasms, with a poor prognosis, and an average survival at 5 years of 50% in patients treated by radical exeresis. At present, it is impossible, without histologic and immunohistochemical examinations, to differentiate it from other isolated retroperitoneal sarcomatous neoplasms. The authors report a case of retroperitoneal malignant schwannoma 20 cm in diameter in a 62-year-old woman surgically treated by radical exeresis. Postoperative complications were absent, and the patient, discharged from the hospital on the 12th postoperative day, died 8 months later of diffuse metastases, withouth local relapse. Despite the patient's short survival, the authors believe radical surgery to be the best therapeutic choice. Only surgery can establish a final diagnosis and can offer the best chance of survival and a significant and sometimes prolonged relief of symptomatology. |
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