BACKGROUND Schwannomas are rare peripheral neural myelin sheath tumors that originate from Schwann cells.Of the different types of schwannomas,pelvic sciatic nerve schwannoma is extremely rare.Definite preoperative di...
Supported by Soonchunhyang Research Fund,No.2023-0030.
BACKGROUND When a firm facial mass in the cheek region is associated with a high index of clinical suspicion of its being of parotid gland origin,preventive parotidectomy is invariably performed.We report a rare case ...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81871337;Medical and Health Science and Technology Projects of Zhejiang Province,No.2019KY117.
BACKGROUND Primary schwannoma is a rare submucosal tumor of the esophagus,which is most often benign,and surgery is the only effective treatment.So far,only a few cases have been reported.Herein,we reported a single c...
BACKGROUND Schwannoma is a benign tumor originating from the peripheral nerve sheath.The clinical symptoms of tracheal schwannoma depend on the location of the tumor,and the most common clinical symptoms are cough and...
Supported by the Incubation Fund Project of the Xi’an People’s Hospital(The Fourth Xi'an Hospital),No.FZ-75.
BACKGROUND Peripheral nerve sheath tumors(PNSTs),a rare group of neoplasms in the orbit,comprise only 4%of all orbital tumors.At present,there are very few studies detailing the features of these tumors identified usi...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82074214;the Research Fund Project of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University,No.2019ZY02.
BACKGROUND No known case of neuroendocrine tumour(NET)with schwannoma has been reported.CASE SUMMARY A 63-year-old female presented to our hospital with nausea and vomiting.Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a ...
BACKGROUND Ewing’s sarcoma(ES)is a highly aggressive bone malignancy.Extraskeletal ES(EES)originating in the spinal canal is extremely rare.Herein,we report on a rare case of EES with a primary lumbar spinal nerve ro...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81770525.
BACKGROUND Esophageal schwannomas originating from Schwann cells are extremely rare esophageal tumors.They commonly occur in the upper and middle esophagus but less frequently in the lower esophagus.Herein,we report a...
the TCM Clinical Research Center for Bone diseases of Jilin Province(Grant No.20180623048TC).
BACKGROUND It is relatively rare for schwannomas to invade bone,but it is very rare for a large mass to form concurrently in the paravertebral region.Surgical resection is the only effective treatment.Because of the e...
BACKGROUND Schwannoma of the pancreas is extremely rare.We report a case of pancreatic schwannoma that was difficult to distinguish from pancreatic carcinoma before surgery.CASE SUMMARY A 66-year-old male underwent a ...