A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass

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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Main Authors: Serafeim Chrysikos, Maria Kaponi, Christina Triantafillidou, Theodoros Karampitsakos, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Maria Anyfanti, Konstantinos Marossis, Marios Konstantinou, Rodoula Tringidou, Demosthenes Bouros, Katerina Dimakou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
intrapulmonary schwannoma
neurilemmoma
positron-emission tomography
tumor
mass
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2018.00011/full

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