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SUBMITTER: Kamiyoshihara M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6041373 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kamiyoshihara Mitsuhiro M Igai Hitoshi H Ohsawa Fumi F Yoshikawa Ryohei R Yazawa Tomohiro T
Respiratory medicine case reports 20180604
Schwannomas commonly arise in the torso, extremities, and mediastinum. However, no interlobar lymph node (#11i) lesions have ever been reported. This is a thought-provoking case, because it involved a schwannoma arising in a lymph node mimicking metastatic pulmonary carcinoma. A 72-year-old man was diagnosed with primary pulmonary carcinoma, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography demonstrated high FDG uptake in the primary lesion and in #11i, which suggested metastasis (cl ...[more]