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Cardiac Schwannoma

MedGen UID:
231423
•Concept ID:
C1332479
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Benign Cardiac Neurilemmoma; Benign Cardiac Schwannoma; Benign Heart Neurilemmoma; Benign Heart Schwannoma; Benign Neurilemoma of Heart; Benign Neurilemoma of the Heart

Definition

A benign peripheral nervous system neoplasm that is composed of well-differentiated Schwann cells and affects the heart. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCardiac Schwannoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Carney complex: clinical and genetic update 20 years after the identification of the CNC1 (PRKAR1A) gene.
Bouys L, Bertherat J
Eur J Endocrinol 2021 Mar;184(3):R99-R109. doi: 10.1530/EJE-20-1120. PMID: 33444222
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: our experience in diagnosis, treatment, and outcome.
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J Otolaryngol 2005 Dec;34(6):395-401. doi: 10.2310/7070.2005.34606. PMID: 16343399
Surgical treatment of primary pulmonary sarcomas.
Bacha EA, Wright CD, Grillo HC, Wain JC, Moncure A, Keel SB, Donahue DM, Mathisen DJ
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 Apr;15(4):456-60. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00045-7. PMID: 10371121

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Proceedings of the 2012 National Toxicology Program Satellite Symposium.
Elmore SA, Berridge BR, Boyle MC, Cora MC, Hoenerhoff MJ, Kooistra L, Laast VA, Morrison JP, Rao D, Rinke M, Yoshizawa K
Toxicol Pathol 2013 Feb;41(2):151-80. Epub 2012 Dec 21 doi: 10.1177/0192623312467102. PMID: 23262640Free PMC Article
Malignant schwannoma of the heart.
Morishita T, Yamazaki J, Ohsawa H, Uchi T, Kawamura Y, Okuzumi K, Nakano H, Wakakura M, Okamoto K, Koyama N
Clin Cardiol 1988 Feb;11(2):126-30. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960110213. PMID: 3345606

Prognosis

A primary cardiac schwannoma of the right ventricle: a case report and literature review.
Wang F, Li L, Ma H, Chi XX
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2022 Nov 22;22(1):498. doi: 10.1186/s12872-022-02941-x. PMID: 36418938Free PMC Article

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