{"id":"a66afd07-4b2f-4767-9b58-4d7251b5ff7e","slug":"a-case-of-a-giant-thoracic-schwannoma","title":"A case of a giant thoracic schwannoma","authors":["Mohammad Saleem Saleemi","Ahmed Ossama Yassin Abdelwahab","Muhammad Ossama Yassin Abdelwahab","K. Joshi George"],"abstract":"Background: Giant solitary schwannomas are rare, benign, and typically slow-growing tumors reaching up to 20 cm in size. Case Description: A 43-year-old male presented with shortness of breath and chest pain. The thoracic MRI showed a giant mass 15 cm in diameter filling the left chest cavity. The lesion was resected utilizing intrathoracic approach and required a multilevel approach. Vertebrectomy with instrumented fusion was performed. The pathological diagnosis was benign schwannoma without nuclear atypia. Postoperatively, the patient fully recovered without sequelae. Conclusion: A 43-year-old male presented with a 15 cm diameter chest mass that proved to be a schwannoma that was resected without long-term sequelae.","thumbnailUrl":"https://sni-digital-videos.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/a66afd07-4b2f-4767-9b58-4d7251b5ff7e/featured/hero-1781561374777.png","publishDate":"2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","doi":"10.25259/SNI_151_2022","categories":["Spine","Case Report"],"fullTextUrl":"https://surgicalneurologyint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/11584/SNI-13-188.pdf"}