Open AccessIsolated schwannoma of the urinary bladder: a case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Hamid Nasrollahi,
Ali Ariafar,
Faisal Ahmed,
Maral Mokhtari,
Ali Eslahi,
Mansour Ansari,
Umayir Chowdhury
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pan african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.287
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1937-8688
DOI - 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.108.17745
Subject(s) - schwannoma , medicine , urinary bladder , urinary system , lesion , bladder tumor , resection , nerve sheath , urology , surgery , bladder cancer , cancer
The urinary bladder schwannoma is an extremely rare primary urologic tumor. Schwannoma arises from the Schwann's cells in the nerve sheaths and is almost associated with von Recklinghausen's disease. We report a case of schwannoma in a 35-year old female who presented with urinary frequency for 2 months with absence of evidence of von Recklinghausen disease and successfully treated with transurethral resection of bladder lesion (TUR_B). To the best of our knowledge, this represents only the 10 th case of benign schwannoma of the urinary bladder in a patient without von Recklinghausen disease. We report a case of an isolated schwannoma of the urinary bladder, and also searched the English literature as we had access to bladder schwannoma.