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Schwannoma in the peridiaphragm

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A rare case of benign diaphragmatic schwannoma in a 50-year-old woman is reported. The 8-cm tumor was located in the right diaphragm. This well-circumscribed tumor highly depressed the liver. Complete extirpation of the tumor was performed, and pathology examination revealed that the benign schwannoma had originated from the diaphragm.

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  1. Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Taro Ohba, Fumihiro Shoji, Takurou Kometani, Ichiro Yoshino & Yoshihiko Maehara

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Ohba, T., Shoji, F., Kometani, T. et al. Schwannoma in the peridiaphragm. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 56, 453–455 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-008-0269-0

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