Primary Uterine Cervix Schwannoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that occurs in a wide variety of locations; however, its finding in the uterine cervix is extremely rare. We report a case of an incidental primary benign cervical schwannoma in a 48-year-old woman. In the English literature, a few...

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Autores principales: Tahmasbi, Maryam, Nguyen, Johnny, Ghayouri, Masoumeh, Shan, Yuan, Hakam, Ardeshir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/353049
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author Tahmasbi, Maryam
Nguyen, Johnny
Ghayouri, Masoumeh
Shan, Yuan
Hakam, Ardeshir
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description Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that occurs in a wide variety of locations; however, its finding in the uterine cervix is extremely rare. We report a case of an incidental primary benign cervical schwannoma in a 48-year-old woman. In the English literature, a few cases of primary schwannoma of the cervix have been reported, which include seven cases of primary malignant cervical schwannoma and only two that are benign. These cases are reviewed in the following discussion.
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spelling pubmed-35393852013-01-14 Primary Uterine Cervix Schwannoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Tahmasbi, Maryam Nguyen, Johnny Ghayouri, Masoumeh Shan, Yuan Hakam, Ardeshir Case Rep Pathol Case Report Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that occurs in a wide variety of locations; however, its finding in the uterine cervix is extremely rare. We report a case of an incidental primary benign cervical schwannoma in a 48-year-old woman. In the English literature, a few cases of primary schwannoma of the cervix have been reported, which include seven cases of primary malignant cervical schwannoma and only two that are benign. These cases are reviewed in the following discussion. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3539385/ /pubmed/23320233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/353049 Text en Copyright © 2012 Maryam Tahmasbi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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