Concomitant treatment of ureteral calculi and ipsilateral pelvic sciatic nerve schwannoma with transperitoneal laparoscopic approach: A case report
Yang Xiong,
Jin Li,
Han-Jie Yang
Abstract:BACKGROUND
Schwannomas are rare peripheral neural myelin sheath tumors that originate from Schwann cells. Of the different types of schwannomas, pelvic sciatic nerve schwannoma is extremely rare. Definite preoperative diagnosis of pelvic schwannomas is difficult, and surgical resection is the gold standard for its definite diagnosis and treatment.
CASE SUMMARY
We present a case of pelvic schwannoma arising from the sciatic nerve that was detected in a 40-year-old man who underwent… Show more
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