Open AccessGiant solitary ancient schwannoma of the pleura masquerading as bronchopneumonia
Author(s) -
Shegu Gilbert,
Devender Singh,
Sivakumar Manjanaikkanpatti Kaliappan,
Sarah Mehta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.184927
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , schwannoma , bronchopneumonia , mass/lesion , lesion , radiology , biopsy , lung , thoracic cavity , surgery , pathology
We report a 53-year-old female who presented with complaints of sudden onset breathlessness, cough with expectoration for 6 months, and a right lung base lesion in the chest X-ray, which was diagnosed and treated as bronchopneumonia by the family physician. High-resolution computed tomography of the chest was done which revealed a large heterogeneously enhancing mass in the right thoracic cavity. She underwent thoracotomy and was found to have a giant encapsulated and well-circumscribed mass arising from the pleura. Excision biopsy of the mass revealed it to be an ancient schwannoma. Ancient schwannoma of the pleura is a very rare entity. Complete surgical resection is curative.