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Case Reports

A Huge Cystic Cellular Schwannoma of the Intercostal Nerve Presenting With Dyspnea

^a Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
^b Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Accepted for publication August 25, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Lee, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Rd, Taipei, Taiwan (Email: yclee{at}ntuh.gov.tw).

We report a 73-year-old man who presented with dyspnea that was caused by a huge and single cystic cellular schwannoma in the left chest. He underwent radical tumor excision by a thoracotomy. The patient is doing well, without evidence of recurrence, 8 months after surgical resection.