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Adrenal schwannoma: CT and MRI findings

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We report a case of adrenal schwannoma, an extremely rare retroperitoneal neoplasm. The patient was a 33-year-old man who presented with an abdominal mass that was discovered at abdominal sonography. Computed tomography showed an 8-cm well-circumscribed homogeneous mass that enhanced slightly after intravenous administration of contrast material. Magnetic resonance imaging showed low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and heterogeneously high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. Although these imaging findings are nonspecific, adrenal schwannomas should be included in the differential diagnosis of solid nonfunctioning adrenal tumors.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan

    Kazuhiro Suzuki, Atsushi Nakanishi & Yoshihisa Kurosaki

  2. Department of Urology, Toshima Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Joji Nogaki

  3. Department of Pathology, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

    Emi Takaba

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Suzuki, K., Nakanishi, A., Kurosaki, Y. et al. Adrenal schwannoma: CT and MRI findings. Radiat Med 25, 299–302 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-007-0136-4

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