The purpose of this presentation is to allow the radiologist to discuss the diagnosis of retroperitoneal schwannoma, involving mostly a fortuitous discovery and a misleading clinical presentation.
We present 4 cases of retroperitoneal schwannoma, two having benefited from a surgery and two others of a therapeutic abstention. The retropritoneal localization and the imaging are good indicator elements of this pathology. The constant improvement of the CT and MR imaging allows a better approach of this entity also by specifying its localization and its anatomical relationships to guide the therapeutic attitude which must be remain mutidisciplinary.
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Hoarau N, Slim K, Da Ines D. Are you the author?
Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Médicale, CHU Estaing, 1, place Lucie-Aubrac, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France.
Reference: Diagn Interv Imaging. 2013 Oct 31. pii: S2211-5684(13)00201-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.06.002
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24183709
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