Liver schwannoma incidentally discovered in a patient with breast cancer

AKIN M., Bozkirli B., LEVENTOĞLU Ö. S., ÜNAL K., Kapucu L. Ö., AKYÜREK N., ...More

BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, vol.110, no.5, pp.298-300, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 110 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.298-300
  • Keywords: liver schwannoma, FDG, nerve sheath tumor, S-100, BENIGN SCHWANNOMA
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Benign schwannomas, also referred to as neurilemomas, neurinomas, and perineural fibroblastomas, are encapsulated nerve sheath tumors. Primary schwannomas of the liver are extremely rare. We present a case of liver schwannoma, incidentally found in a patient with breast cancer.