A mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannoma
Primary giant invasive sacral schwannoma is a rare disease. Its uncommon location and aggressive growth behavior with eroding bone and compressing adjacent structures may lead to misdiagnosis. Awareness of this rare entity will help pathologists to differentiate it from other tumors possibly seen at...
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| description | Primary giant invasive sacral schwannoma is a rare disease. Its uncommon location and aggressive growth behavior with eroding bone and compressing adjacent structures may lead to misdiagnosis. Awareness of this rare entity will help pathologists to differentiate it from other tumors possibly seen at this location. In this review, we summarize its clinical features, histopathology, differential diagnoses, treatment, and prognosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55b26d81e4aa40fcb036e94bc0294cfd2022-12-22T01:24:55ZengElsevierHuman Pathology Reports2772-736X2022-06-0128300643A mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannomaHannah H. Chen0Eugene Tikh1Gord G. Zhu2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, United StatesDepartment of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, United StatesDepartment of Pathology, Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, United States; Corresponding author at: Department of Pathology, Cooper University Hospital, One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103, United States.Primary giant invasive sacral schwannoma is a rare disease. Its uncommon location and aggressive growth behavior with eroding bone and compressing adjacent structures may lead to misdiagnosis. Awareness of this rare entity will help pathologists to differentiate it from other tumors possibly seen at this location. In this review, we summarize its clinical features, histopathology, differential diagnoses, treatment, and prognosis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772736X2200055XSchwannomaGiant invasive schwannomaSacral schwannoma |
| spellingShingle | Hannah H. Chen Eugene Tikh Gord G. Zhu A mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannoma Human Pathology Reports Schwannoma Giant invasive schwannoma Sacral schwannoma |
| title | A mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannoma |
| title_full | A mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannoma |
| title_fullStr | A mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | A mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannoma |
| title_short | A mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannoma |
| title_sort | mini review of giant invasive sacral schwannoma |
| topic | Schwannoma Giant invasive schwannoma Sacral schwannoma |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772736X2200055X |
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