Diaphragmatic eventration : an uncommon presentation of a phrenic nerve schwannoma.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-2001
Abstract
We describe a patient who presented with a left lower lobe lung lesion suspicious for cancer with possible hilar involvement. Intraoperatively, we found a primary left phrenic nerve tumor, diaphragmatic eventration, and left lower lobe atelectasis. He was successfully treated with total excision of the tumor and plication of the diaphragm. Histopathology was consistent with schwannoma of the phrenic nerve. Diaphragmatic eventration is an uncommon presentation of a phrenic nerve schwannoma, which is itself a rarely occurring tumor. Surgical resection of the tumor and diaphragmatic plication is the primary modality of management in these patients.
Volume
119
Issue
5
First Page
1615
Last Page
1616
ISSN
0012-3692
Published In/Presented At
Moinuddeen, K., Baltzer, J. W., & Zama, N. (2001). Diaphragmatic eventration : an uncommon presentation of a phrenic nerve schwannoma. Chest, 119(5), 1615–1616. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.119.5.1615
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
11348981
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article