A Rare Case of an Adrenal Mass Proved to Be a Benign Cellular Schwannoma

Adrenal schwannomas are extremely uncommon tumors. We report the case of a 39-year-old male with a right adrenal mass. Laboratory tests were normal and radiological exams revealed the adrenal tumor. Open surgical adrenalectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. Microscopy and im...

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Autores principales: Galanis, Ilias, Floros, Georgios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9013506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35464584
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23296
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description Adrenal schwannomas are extremely uncommon tumors. We report the case of a 39-year-old male with a right adrenal mass. Laboratory tests were normal and radiological exams revealed the adrenal tumor. Open surgical adrenalectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. Microscopy and immunohistochemistry revealed a cellular schwannoma. Adrenal schwannomas are rare tumors, very difficult to diagnose in preoperative evaluation. Surgical excision of the tumor, histological and immunohistochemical examination of the specimen provide a definitive diagnosis. Prognosis is generally very good. Recurrence rates are related to positive surgical margins.
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spelling pubmed-90135062022-04-22 A Rare Case of an Adrenal Mass Proved to Be a Benign Cellular Schwannoma Galanis, Ilias Floros, Georgios Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Adrenal schwannomas are extremely uncommon tumors. We report the case of a 39-year-old male with a right adrenal mass. Laboratory tests were normal and radiological exams revealed the adrenal tumor. Open surgical adrenalectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. Microscopy and immunohistochemistry revealed a cellular schwannoma. Adrenal schwannomas are rare tumors, very difficult to diagnose in preoperative evaluation. Surgical excision of the tumor, histological and immunohistochemical examination of the specimen provide a definitive diagnosis. Prognosis is generally very good. Recurrence rates are related to positive surgical margins. Cureus 2022-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9013506/ /pubmed/35464584 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23296 Text en Copyright © 2022, Galanis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_sort rare case of an adrenal mass proved to be a benign cellular schwannoma
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
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