Retroperitoneal schwannoma: Uncommon location of a benign tumor

Mehdi Debaibi; Rime Essid; Asma Sghair; Rami Zouari; Moez Sahnoun; Amen Dhaoui; Adnen Chouchen

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5726

Retroperitoneal schwannoma: Uncommon location of a benign tumor

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Apr 15;10(4):e05726. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5726. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Mehdi Debaibi^{1

2}, Rime Essid^{1

2}, Asma Sghair^{1

2}, Rami Zouari^{1

2}, Moez Sahnoun^{1

2}, Amen Dhaoui^{2

3}, Adnen Chouchen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Departement of general surgery Internal Security Forces Hospital Marsa Tunisia.
² Faculty of Medicine of Tunis University of Tunis El Manar Tunis Tunisia.
³ Departement of anatomical pathology Internal Security Forces Hospital Marsa Tunisia.

Abstract

Schwannoma is a type of nerve tumor of the nerve sheath. They are preferentially localized on the head, neck, and flexor surfaces of the extremities. Retroperitoneal schwannoma is extremely rare. The diagnosis is uncommon and based on the anatomopathological and immunochemistry examination of the surgical specimen. We herein report an uncommon location of schwannoma treated with conventional surgery in a 53-year-old female patient admitted to our department for chronic abdominal pain. Retroperitoneal schwannoma is a rare disease that occurs in adult females. The histopathological examination is the only reliable examination for the diagnosis after total surgical resection.

Keywords: neurilemmoma; retroperitoneal schwannoma; retroperitoneal tumors; schwannoma.

Publication types

Case Reports