Cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass()

• Schwannomas are benign neoplasms composed of Schwann cells, that can arise anywhere in the body. • Schwannomas arise mainly in the dermal and subcutaneous tissue layers. • In this case report, we present a cutaneous schwannoma presenting as an enlarging left lower back solitary mass that was surgi...

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Autores principales: Patel, Hunaiz A., Makhijani, Sumeet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28257911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.01.035
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description • Schwannomas are benign neoplasms composed of Schwann cells, that can arise anywhere in the body. • Schwannomas arise mainly in the dermal and subcutaneous tissue layers. • In this case report, we present a cutaneous schwannoma presenting as an enlarging left lower back solitary mass that was surgically excised.
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spelling pubmed-53311552017-03-08 Cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass() Patel, Hunaiz A. Makhijani, Sumeet Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report • Schwannomas are benign neoplasms composed of Schwann cells, that can arise anywhere in the body. • Schwannomas arise mainly in the dermal and subcutaneous tissue layers. • In this case report, we present a cutaneous schwannoma presenting as an enlarging left lower back solitary mass that was surgically excised. Elsevier 2017-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5331155/ /pubmed/28257911 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.01.035 Text en © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass()
title Cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass()
title_full Cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass()
title_fullStr Cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass()
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass()
title_short Cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass()
title_sort cutaneous schwannoma presenting as a lower back mass()
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331155/
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