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SUBMITTER: Ogose A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6464223 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ogose Akira A Kawashima Hiroyuki H Hatano Hiroshi H Ariizumi Takashi T Sasaki Taro T Yamagishi Tetsuro T Oike Naoki N Inagawa Syoichi S Endo Naoto N
PloS one 20190415 4
The natural history of asymptomatic retroperitoneal schwannomas is poorly understood. This study aimed at investigating the natural history of incidental retroperitoneal schwannomas. The medical charts and imaging studies of 22 asymptomatic patients under observation for at least 12 months for retroperitoneal schwannomas were reviewed. The duration of follow-up ranged between 13 and 176 months (mean 48 months). In the 22 patients managed by the "wait and see" approach, the average tumor size at ...[more]