Retroperitoneal Schwannoma, Incidental Detection - Case Report King Hamad University Hospital Bahrain

Khalid Alsindi; Mulazim Hussain Bukhari; Aysha Aljowder; Mohamed Alhamar; Suhail Baithun; Assad Jawad

doi:10.29054/apmc/2016.308

Khalid Alsindi Consultant, Histopathology King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain
Mulazim Hussain Bukhari Professor & Head of Pathology Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad
Aysha Aljowder Senior House Officer, Histopathology King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain
Mohamed Alhamar Senior House Officer, Histopathology King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain
Suhail Baithun Consultant, Histopathology King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain
Assad Jawad Consultant, General Surgery King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29054/apmc/2016.308

Keywords: Schwannoma, Retroperitonium, S-100, imentin, Cytokeratin AE1/AE3, HMB-45, desmin, smooth muscle actin and CD56

Abstract

Shwannomas are benign nerve sheath tumors that mostly occur in the head & neck, extremities, and mediastinum. These rarely present as retroperitoneal masses. A case was reported of an incidentally detected retroperitoneal shwannoma in a 32-year-old female. Schwannomas, the benign nerve sheath tumors, grow slowly but they may cause pain, weakness, numbness, or stay asymptomatic. Symptoms depend on the location and size of the tumor. Sometimes the patients, who present to the Accidents & Emergency with vague abdominal pain. Imaging incidentally may detect a pelvic lesion that is always diagnosed on histopathology after complete resection.