ABSTRACT

Hong Kong Med J 2010;16:66-8 | Number 1, February 2010
CASE REPORT
Retroperitoneal schwannoma: a common tumour in an uncommon site
Jane CC Yeung, CF Chung, Jimmy SM Lai
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
 
We describe a female adult patient who presented with acute retention of urine and vague abdominal discomfort. A provisional diagnosis of ovarian tumour was made after cross-sectional imaging. At laparotomy a very large retroperitoneal mass was biopsied and found to be a schwannoma after pathological examination. The clinical, radiological, and pathological features of this disease are discussed in this report.
 
Key words: Myiasis; Orbital diseases
 
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