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AI InsightWe report a rare case of a 40-year-old male with asymptomatic schwannoma originating from an intercostal nerve which was found incidentally on his chest X-ray and was treated with surgery.
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Abstract
Schwannomas are usually solitary, encapsulated, and asymptomatic, benign neurogenic tumors originating from the nerve sheath. Schwannomas rarely show malignant transformation, however, require close monitoring. They are primarily located in the thorax in the costovertebral sulcus, may rarely originate from peripheral intercostal nerves. Less than 10% of primary thoracic neurogenic tumors originate from the peripheral intercostal nerves. The main treatment and diagnosis of schwannomas are complete surgical resection. We report a rare case of a 40-year-old male with asymptomatic schwannoma originating from an intercostal nerve which was found incidentally on his chest X-ray and was treated with surgery.
Özet
Schwannoma sinir kılıfından köken alan soliter, kapsüler ve sıklıkla asemptomatik nörojenik tümörlerdendir. Benign schwannomlar nadir de olsa malign dönüşüm gösterebileceklerinden yakından izlenmeleri önem taşımaktadır. Sıklıkla torakal kostovertebral sulkusta lokalize iken nadir olarak periferal interkostal sinirlerden köken alır. Torakstaki primer nörojenik tümörlerin %10'undan daha az bir kısmı periferal interkostal sinirlerden kaynaklanır. Tanı ve tedavisi kitlenin cerrahi eksplorasyonu ile yapılmaktadır. Bu yazıda çekilen akciğer grafisinde insidental olarak saptanan, nadir görülen interkostal sinirden köken alan asemptomatik Schwannoma nedeniyle rezeksiyon uygulanan 40 yaşındaki bir olguyu sunmayı amaçladık.