Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to R Gibanel Garanto.
Presentation of one case of a patient who presented two non-penetrating abdominal traumatism along a year period. In the first incident it was necessary to practice a left nefrectomy and in the second one the therapeutic opcion was a superselective embolization of a pseudoameurism communicated with urinary tract.
A new case of leiomyoma of the bladder is presented in a patient with unspecific symptoms and the preoperatives patterns don't give to a certainty diagnosis. The conclusive diagnosis was obtained with pathoanatomical study of the quirurgic piece.
OBJECTIVE: To describe an additional case of retroperitoneal schwannoma. METHODS: A case of retroperitoneal neoplasm in a 29-year-old woman is presented. The clinical and therapeutic aspects are discussed. RESULTS: The anatomopathological study showed a benign schwannoma. CONCLUSIONS: Retroperitoneal schwannoma is an uncommon lesion that is difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Treatment is by surgical resection.