A case of intrapulmonary schwannoma and a review of the Japanese literature

A 61 year-old male with abnormal shadow on chest X-ray was admitted. Right upper lobectomy was performed on the suspicious diagnosis of benign lung tumor. The tumor arising from right upper lobe was 5 X 6 X 4.5 cm in diameter. The histological diagnosis was schwannoma. Intrapulmonary schwannoma is an extremely rare and we have found 13 reported cases among in Japanese literatures.