Diagnosis and management of malignant perirenal schwannoma.

Malignant retroperitoneal schwannoma is an extremely rare tumor, with only six cases previously reported occurring in the perirenal space. We herein report the seventh case. A 50-year-old woman presented with an abdominal mass suggestive of renal cell carcinoma by standard preoperative evaluation.

The role for regional autopsy centers in the evaluation of covered deaths. Survey of opinions of US and Canadian chairs of pathology and major health insurers in the United States.

Objective: To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of, as well as the attitudes of health care professionals and insurers toward, the development of regional autopsy services.

Design: Survey of 150 medical school departments of pathology in the United States and Canada and 12 representative major health insurers in the United States.

Results: Of the 25 respondents from the pathology departments, most were in favor of regionalization of autopsy services, if properly underwritten.

Radiology/pathology conference at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

A healthy female was noted to have an enlarging mass in the suprasternal fossa. The clinical diagnosis of post-traumatic arteriovenous fistula led to diagnostic arteriography and radiologic evaluation.