Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 2006) 8, 101–103; 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00067.x
Benign intratesticular schwannoma: a rare finding
Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Alessandro Mofferdin, Stefano S De Stefani, Antonio Celia, Salvatore Micali, Giovanni Saredi, Giulio Rossi, Riccardo Valli and Giampaolo Bianchi
1.Division of Urology, Department of Pathology, University of Modena, 41100 Modena, Italy 2.Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Modena, 41100 Modena, Italy
Correspondence: Dr Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Division of Pathology, Department of Urology, University of Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy. Fax: +39-059-422-2863. E-mail: sighinolfic@yahoo.com
Received 19 February 2005; Accepted 1 July 2005.
Abstract |
Schwannoma is a peripheral nerve tumour, occasionally located in the genitourinary tract. We described an extremely rare case of intratesticular neurinoma in a 79-year-old patient.
Keywords: schwannoma, Schwann cells, testicular neoplasm, S100 protein
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