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Data on schwannoma described by researchers at University of Tokushima, Medical Department

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, May 30th, 2008

According to recent research published in the journal Abdominal Imaging, "The objective of this article is to define the imaging characteristics of ancient schwannoma, which is a rare variant of benign schwannoma with degenerative changes, arising in the female pelvis simulating ovarian tumors. Eleven surgically proven ancient schwannomas of the female pelvis were evaluated retrospectively on the basis of CT and MR findings."

"Typical intra-pelvic schwannoma was a neurologically asymptomatic large mass, which may situate at presacral or lateral pelvic region with the continuity to the nerve or neural foramen. Ancient schwannomas manifested as encapsulated solid...

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