A Rare Case Report on Non-Functioning Benign Spindle Cell Neoplasm-Adrenal Schwannoma

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Dr. Avinassh Tippani
Dr. Bachu Brahmani

Abstract

Schwannoma or benign tumor of the myelin sheath which are rare and can be functioning or non-functioning that are difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Visceral schwannoma in the adrenal region is extremelyrare, accounting for only 0.7% of the adrenal tumors. Here we report such a rare case of Adrenal schwanomma in 40 years old female patient with hypothyroidism.          

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Dr. Avinassh Tippani, and Dr. Bachu Brahmani. 2022. “A Rare Case Report on Non-Functioning Benign Spindle Cell Neoplasm-Adrenal Schwannoma”. International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research Studies 2 (01):45-47. https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmscrs/v2-i1-08.
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