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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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Autores principales: Chrysikos, Serafeim, Kaponi, Maria, Triantafillidou, Christina, Karampitsakos, Theodoros, Tzouvelekis, Argyrios, Anyfanti, Maria, Marossis, Konstantinos, Konstantinou, Marios, Tringidou, Rodoula, Bouros, Demosthenes, Dimakou, Katerina
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29441326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00011
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author Chrysikos, Serafeim
Kaponi, Maria
Triantafillidou, Christina
Karampitsakos, Theodoros
Tzouvelekis, Argyrios
Anyfanti, Maria
Marossis, Konstantinos
Konstantinou, Marios
Tringidou, Rodoula
Bouros, Demosthenes
Dimakou, Katerina
author_facet Chrysikos, Serafeim
Kaponi, Maria
Triantafillidou, Christina
Karampitsakos, Theodoros
Tzouvelekis, Argyrios
Anyfanti, Maria
Marossis, Konstantinos
Konstantinou, Marios
Tringidou, Rodoula
Bouros, Demosthenes
Dimakou, Katerina
author_sort Chrysikos, Serafeim
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description 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 tumors location varies. However, the development of such tumors is by far more common in the costovertebral angle of the posterior mediastinum. Here, we report a rare case of a 43-year-old patient, never smoker and previously healthy, who presented with a mass adjacent to the right pulmonary hilum. This was an incidental finding on a chest X-ray after annual checkup at his workplace. The diagnosis was primary intrapulmonary NL. Primary intrapulmonary NL is an extremely rare tumor. However, based on the above, chest CT findings of a well-defined solid mass in an asymptomatic patient should raise the suspicion of NL, irrespective of the tumor localization.
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spelling pubmed-57976002018-02-13 A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass Chrysikos, Serafeim Kaponi, Maria Triantafillidou, Christina Karampitsakos, Theodoros Tzouvelekis, Argyrios Anyfanti, Maria Marossis, Konstantinos Konstantinou, Marios Tringidou, Rodoula Bouros, Demosthenes Dimakou, Katerina Front Oncol Oncology 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 tumors location varies. However, the development of such tumors is by far more common in the costovertebral angle of the posterior mediastinum. Here, we report a rare case of a 43-year-old patient, never smoker and previously healthy, who presented with a mass adjacent to the right pulmonary hilum. This was an incidental finding on a chest X-ray after annual checkup at his workplace. The diagnosis was primary intrapulmonary NL. Primary intrapulmonary NL is an extremely rare tumor. However, based on the above, chest CT findings of a well-defined solid mass in an asymptomatic patient should raise the suspicion of NL, irrespective of the tumor localization. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5797600/ /pubmed/29441326 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00011 Text en Copyright © 2018 Chrysikos, Kaponi, Triantafillidou, Karampitsakos, Tzouvelekis, Anyfanti, Marossis, Konstantinou, Tringidou, Bouros and Dimakou. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Oncology
Chrysikos, Serafeim
Kaponi, Maria
Triantafillidou, Christina
Karampitsakos, Theodoros
Tzouvelekis, Argyrios
Anyfanti, Maria
Marossis, Konstantinos
Konstantinou, Marios
Tringidou, Rodoula
Bouros, Demosthenes
Dimakou, Katerina
A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass
title A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass
title_full A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass
title_short A Rare Case of Primary Intrapulmonary Neurilemmoma Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Asymptomatic Man with a Well-defined Intrapulmonary Mass
title_sort rare case of primary intrapulmonary neurilemmoma diagnosed in a 43-year-old asymptomatic man with a well-defined intrapulmonary mass
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29441326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00011
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