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An Unusual Case of Schwann Cell Hamartoma in Colon

Schwann cell tumors are benign tumors originating from Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system and are extremely rare in the gastrointestinal system. They usually originate in the colon or rectum but can also occur in the esophagus and small intestine. Their occurrence is rare in GI tract and...

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Autores principales: Salam, Sanna, Abosheaishaa, Hazem, Haseeb ul Rasool, Muhammad, Qasim, Nimra, Shahzad, Ghullamullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10281544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37346199
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39301
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author Salam, Sanna
Abosheaishaa, Hazem
Haseeb ul Rasool, Muhammad
Qasim, Nimra
Shahzad, Ghullamullah
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description Schwann cell tumors are benign tumors originating from Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system and are extremely rare in the gastrointestinal system. They usually originate in the colon or rectum but can also occur in the esophagus and small intestine. Their occurrence is rare in GI tract and mainly in the sigmoid colon. Schwann cell tumors have no association with any familial cancer syndromes. We present a 65-year-old female patient who underwent routine colon cancer screening. In addition to open mouth diverticulosis, she was found to have a 3 mm polyp, which was diagnosed as a Schwann cell hamartoma after a biopsy. This study aimed to present this rarely reported case in the literature as an example of a tumor that should be included in the differential diagnosis when considering submucosal colonic lesions. Though the reported reoccurrence rate is low, this case highlights the lack of published guidelines regarding appropriate follow-up surveillance periods.
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spelling pubmed-102815442023-06-21 An Unusual Case of Schwann Cell Hamartoma in Colon Salam, Sanna Abosheaishaa, Hazem Haseeb ul Rasool, Muhammad Qasim, Nimra Shahzad, Ghullamullah Cureus Internal Medicine Schwann cell tumors are benign tumors originating from Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system and are extremely rare in the gastrointestinal system. They usually originate in the colon or rectum but can also occur in the esophagus and small intestine. Their occurrence is rare in GI tract and mainly in the sigmoid colon. Schwann cell tumors have no association with any familial cancer syndromes. We present a 65-year-old female patient who underwent routine colon cancer screening. In addition to open mouth diverticulosis, she was found to have a 3 mm polyp, which was diagnosed as a Schwann cell hamartoma after a biopsy. This study aimed to present this rarely reported case in the literature as an example of a tumor that should be included in the differential diagnosis when considering submucosal colonic lesions. Though the reported reoccurrence rate is low, this case highlights the lack of published guidelines regarding appropriate follow-up surveillance periods. Cureus 2023-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10281544/ /pubmed/37346199 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39301 Text en Copyright © 2023, Salam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10281544/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39301
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