Abstract
Schwannoma is a benign tumor which can occur in all sites where peripheral nerves exist. Shwannomas which occur in the head, neck, and chest wall are well known. But those which occur intrapulmonary and/or in the bronchus are extremely rare, accounting for only 0.2% of all pulmonary tumors. This time, we have experienced two cases of an intrapulmonary shwannoma, in the peripheral lung field and in the segmental bronchus, treated with surgical resection. Both schwannomas affected the left upper lobe of lung. One had arisen in the peripheral lung field, whereas another in the vicinity of the segmental bronchus. We report these cases, together with a review of 79 cases, including ours, of intrapulmonary schwannoma from the literature.
