A Case of Giant, Benign Schwannoma Associated with Total Lung Collapse by Bloody Effusion

Jang, Ji Eun; Kim, Jin Se; Choe, Jong‐In; Kim, Mi Kyung; Jung, Jae Woo; Choi, Jae Chol; Shin, Jong Wook; Park, In Won; Choi, Byoung Whui; Kim, Jae Yeol

doi:10.4046/trd.2013.75.2.71

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“…Rarely, schwannomas may cause a pleural effusion. Very few cases have reported pleural effusions associated with schwannomas, and, in these reports, the schwannomas primarily originated from structures within the hemithorax such as from the intercostal nerves or from the chest wall [ 7 ]. In our case, the schwannoma was found to originate from the posterior mediastinum, unlike in existing literature.…”

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Rare Presentation of a Posterior Mediastinal Cystic Schwannoma as a Large Pleural Effusion

Mubashir¹,

Salam²,

Sonawalla³

et al. 2017

Cureus

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A 46-year-old man presented with shortness of breath and recurrent, left-sided pleural effusions. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest showed a large, left-sided pleural effusion with a mass in the posterior mediastinum. A pleural tap showed lymphocytic exudate. The biopsy of the mass was inconclusive. A left posterolateral thoracotomy was performed, which showed a large posterior mediastinal mass adherent to the left lung. The mass was completely excised and the histopathology proved it to be giant predominantly cystic schwannoma. The pleural effusion resolved after tumor resection.

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Rare Presentation of a Posterior Mediastinal Cystic Schwannoma as a Large Pleural Effusion

Mubashir¹,

Salam²,

Sonawalla³

et al. 2017

Cureus

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“…Schwannomas, also known as neurilemmomas or neurinomas, are relatively common in the mediastinum,2 but intrapulmonary location is very rare, with only scarce reports in the western literature,3 and with an estimated incidence of about 0.2% of all pulmonary tumours 4…”

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Bronchial schwannoma: a singular lesion as a cause of obstructive pneumonia

Oliveira¹,

Nogueira

Sousa

et al. 2016

BMJ Case Reports

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Bronchial schwannomas are very rare pulmonary lesions, but its awareness is important to reach correct diagnosis and decide proper intervention. Clinical and radiological characteristics are mainly unspecific and pathological examination usually provides the definite diagnosis. In small lesions, endoscopic approach may be sufficient, but in large lesions associated with organising pneumonia surgical intervention may be required. Prognosis is typically favourable. We describe a case of a woman, aged 66 years, with productive cough and sporadic haemoptysis, dyspnoea, anorexia, excessive sweating and weight loss with 2 months evolution. CT scan showed a soft tissue dense lesion on the left hilum with 3.75 cm with 18-Fludeoxyglucose uptake. Left upper lobectomy was performed. Gross examination revealed a polypoid mass without necrosis, histologically showing cellular dense (Antoni A) and less dense (Antoni B) areas with Verocay bodies, slightly pleomorphic spindle cells, without mitotic activity and positive for S100 protein on immunohistochemistry.

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“…Kitle, genellikle hastanın başka nedenlerle istenen toraks grafileri ya da BT'de rastlantısal olarak tespit edilmektedir (13) . Ender olarak mediastinel benign schwannomlar kardiak tamponad ve plevral efüzyon gibi ciddi sorunlara neden olabilmektedir (14)(15)(16)(17) . Olgularımızda en sık görülen semptom sırası ile öksürük ve göğüs ağrı-sı iken, yalnızca bir olgu asemptomatikti.…”

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