Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma mimicking an adrenal mass

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-138

  Behrend, Matthias ^a,b   Kaaden, Stefan ^a   Von Wasielewski, Reinhard ^a   Frericks, Bernd ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Deggendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumor; Adrenalectomy; Endoscopic surgery; Retroperitoneal; Schwannoma; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037622022     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200304000-00016     Document Type: Article

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