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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:671-672
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma: presentation of a rare primary lung tumor

David A. Simansky, MDa, Sarit Aviel-Ronen, MDb, Ilan Reder, MDb, Michael Paley, MDa, Yael Refaely, MDa, Alon Yellin, MDa

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
b Department of Pathology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Address reprint requests to Dr Yellin, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel 52621
e-mail: chest18{at}netvision.net.il

A 30-year-old nonsmoking man underwent a left lower lobectomy with bronchoplasty for an obstructing lesion of the left lower lobe. Pathology results demonstrated a psammomatous melanotic schwannoma, a rare pigmented neural tumor of which only 25 cases have been reported as originating in the respiratory tract.




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