A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass
Neurilemmoma (NL), also termed schwannoma, presents as a well-circumscribed and encapsulated mass in the human body and is almost always solitary. CT scan of a patient with NL shows a round, ovoid, or lobulated well-demarcated solid mass of soft tissue density. Primary intrathoracic neurogenic tumor...
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| author | Serafeim Chrysikos Maria Kaponi Christina Triantafillidou Theodoros Karampitsakos Argyrios Tzouvelekis Maria Anyfanti Konstantinos Marossis Marios Konstantinou Rodoula Tringidou Demosthenes Bouros Katerina Dimakou |
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| description | Neurilemmoma (NL), also termed schwannoma, presents as a well-circumscribed and encapsulated mass in the human body and is almost always solitary. CT scan of a patient with NL shows a round, ovoid, or lobulated well-demarcated solid mass of soft tissue density. Primary intrathoracic neurogenic tumors location varies. However, the development of such tumors is by far more common in the costovertebral angle of the posterior mediastinum. Here, we report a rare case of a 43-year-old patient, never smoker and previously healthy, who presented with a mass adjacent to the right pulmonary hilum. This was an incidental finding on a chest X-ray after annual checkup at his workplace. The diagnosis was primary intrapulmonary NL. Primary intrapulmonary NL is an extremely rare tumor. However, based on the above, chest CT findings of a well-defined solid mass in an asymptomatic patient should raise the suspicion of NL, irrespective of the tumor localization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27b40e92985c4e31a15f1b5fd146e19f2022-12-21T23:55:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2018-01-01810.3389/fonc.2018.00011323687A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary MassSerafeim Chrysikos0Maria Kaponi1Christina Triantafillidou2Theodoros Karampitsakos3Argyrios Tzouvelekis4Maria Anyfanti5Konstantinos Marossis6Marios Konstantinou7Rodoula Tringidou8Demosthenes Bouros9Katerina Dimakou105th Pulmonology Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece5th Pulmonology Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece6th Pulmonology Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece5th Pulmonology Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, GreeceFirst Academic Department of Pneumonology, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece5th Pulmonology Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece5th Pulmonology Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, GreeceThoracic Surgery Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, GreecePathology Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, GreeceFirst Academic Department of Pneumonology, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece5th Pulmonology Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, GreeceNeurilemmoma (NL), also termed schwannoma, presents as a well-circumscribed and encapsulated mass in the human body and is almost always solitary. CT scan of a patient with NL shows a round, ovoid, or lobulated well-demarcated solid mass of soft tissue density. Primary intrathoracic neurogenic tumors location varies. However, the development of such tumors is by far more common in the costovertebral angle of the posterior mediastinum. Here, we report a rare case of a 43-year-old patient, never smoker and previously healthy, who presented with a mass adjacent to the right pulmonary hilum. This was an incidental finding on a chest X-ray after annual checkup at his workplace. The diagnosis was primary intrapulmonary NL. Primary intrapulmonary NL is an extremely rare tumor. However, based on the above, chest CT findings of a well-defined solid mass in an asymptomatic patient should raise the suspicion of NL, irrespective of the tumor localization.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2018.00011/fullintrapulmonary schwannomaneurilemmomapositron-emission tomographytumormass |
| spellingShingle | Serafeim Chrysikos Maria Kaponi Christina Triantafillidou Theodoros Karampitsakos Argyrios Tzouvelekis Maria Anyfanti Konstantinos Marossis Marios Konstantinou Rodoula Tringidou Demosthenes Bouros Katerina Dimakou A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass Frontiers in Oncology intrapulmonary schwannoma neurilemmoma positron-emission tomography tumor mass |
| title | A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass |
| title_full | A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass |
| title_short | A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass |
| title_sort | rare case of primary intrapulmonary neurilemmoma diagnosed in a 43 year old asymptomatic man with a well defined intrapulmonary mass |
| topic | intrapulmonary schwannoma neurilemmoma positron-emission tomography tumor mass |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2018.00011/full |
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