[Retroperitoneal schwannoma. Diagnostic and therapeutic outcome].

Two cases of retroperitoneal benign schwannoma are described with a review of literature. Are analysed the clinical and anatomopathologic features of this rare tumor and the methods of diagnosis. The treatment is the surgical ablation of the tumor commonly easy and complete. When malignancy is established, adjuvant procedures add little to life expectancy and total surgery is done likely to be effective.