ArticleEndocrine connections2021
Clinical features and outcomes of adrenal schwannoma: a study of 13 cases from a single centre.
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- Adrenal schwannomas and adrenal ganglioneuromas: our experience and CT characteristic-focused systematic review.Endocrine · 2026Pooled it
- Incidental detection of adrenal schwannoma: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2026Article
- A case analysis of Gitelman syndrome complicated with Sjögren's disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Rare adrenal schwannoma treated with robotic-assisted adrenalectomy: A case report.Urology case reports · 2024Article
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- Case Report: Adrenal schwannoma associated with ganglioneuroma.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- An unusual finding after adrenal surgery: a case series of adrenal schwannomas.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdrenal schwannomas (AS) are extremely rare neoplasms. This study shares our experience regarding the diagnosis and operative management of AS.
methodsClinical details, radiologic, laboratory, and pathologic findings as well as follow-up data were analysed retrospectively for 13 AS patients who accepted surgery at a tertiary referral hospital in China between 1 January 1996, and 31 December 2017.
resultsThe mean age of the patients at diagnosis was 44.7 ± 13.7 years (range 19-62 years; male: female ratio, 1:1.16), of whom seven patients had unilateral AS on the right side, and the remaining six on the left side. None of the cases were hormonally active. None of the 13 cases were diagnosed as AS by CT imaging before the operation. Among the patients, ten were asymptomatic. The mean preoperative size was 7.1 ± 3.2 cm (range 1.6-12.6 cm). All patients underwent surgery, with open adrenalectomy in five patients and laparoscopy in eight patients. The mean tumor size on pathologic examination was 6.8 ± 3.0 cm (range 3.0-11.7 cm). The surgical specimens were confirmed by pathological examination. During a median follow-up of 60.8 ± 17.7 months, no patients showed recurrence or metastasis.
conclusionThe preoperative diagnosis of AS remains difficult despite the advances in imaging examinations. After complete resection, the prognosis of AS is excellent.
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