Xiong Y, Li J, Yang HJ. Concomitant treatment of ureteral calculi and ipsilateral pelvic sciatic nerve schwannoma with transperitoneal laparoscopic approach: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2024; 12(11): 1947-1953 [PMID: 38660545 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i11.1947]
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Yang Xiong, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Urology, Pingxiang People’s Hospital, No. 8 Wugong Mountain Middle Avenue, Pingxiang 337000, Jiangxi Province, China. xyurology@yeah.net
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Surgery
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World J Clin Cases. Apr 16, 2024; 12(11): 1947-1953 Published online Apr 16, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i11.1947
Concomitant treatment of ureteral calculi and ipsilateral pelvic sciatic nerve schwannoma with transperitoneal laparoscopic approach: A case report
Yang Xiong, Jin Li, Han-Jie Yang
Yang Xiong, Jin Li, Han-Jie Yang, Department of Urology, Pingxiang People’s Hospital, Pingxiang 337000, Jiangxi Province, China
Author contributions: Xiong Y contributed to manuscript writing and editing; Li J contributed to data collection and data analysis; Yang HJ contributed to conceptualization and supervision. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript
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Corresponding author: Yang Xiong, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Urology, Pingxiang People’s Hospital, No. 8 Wugong Mountain Middle Avenue, Pingxiang 337000, Jiangxi Province, China. xyurology@yeah.net
Received: November 4, 2023 Peer-review started: November 4, 2023 First decision: January 9, 2024 Revised: January 27, 2024 Accepted: March 12, 2024 Article in press: March 12, 2024 Published online: April 16, 2024
Core Tip
Core Tip: Schwannomas are rare peripheral neural myelin sheath tumors originating from Schwann cells. Pelvic sciatic nerve schwannoma is extremely rare. The clinical manifestations of pelvic schwannomas may be asymptomatic, viscerally oppressive, or neurological due to compression or invasion of the original nerves. Definite preoperative diagnosis of pelvic schwannomas is difficult, and surgical resection is the gold standard for definite diagnosis and treatment. We present a case of pelvic schwannoma arising from the sciatic nerve that was detected in a 40-year-old man who underwent computed tomography for intermittent right lower back pain caused exclusively by a right ureteral calculus. Subsequently, successful transperitoneal laparoscopic surgery was performed for the intact removal of the stone and en bloc resection of the schwannoma. Laparoscopic surgery is safe and feasible for concomitant extirpation of pelvic schwannomas and other pelvic and abdominal diseases that require surgical treatment.
