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Schwannoma: A Rare Case of Submucosal Gastric Tumor
Schwannoma is a tumor that originates from the Schwann cells that surround a neuron’s axon. This tumor is very rare in the gastrointestinal tract and develops submucosally from intestinal nerve plexuses. The most common location for gastrointestinal schwannomas is the stomach, where they account for...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10297452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37370968 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13122073 |
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author | Fugărețu, Cosmina Mișarca, Cătalin Petcu, Lucian Șoană, Raluca Cîrnațiu, Andrada Surlin, Marin Valeriu Patrascu, Stefan Ramboiu, Sandu |
author_facet | Fugărețu, Cosmina Mișarca, Cătalin Petcu, Lucian Șoană, Raluca Cîrnațiu, Andrada Surlin, Marin Valeriu Patrascu, Stefan Ramboiu, Sandu |
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description | Schwannoma is a tumor that originates from the Schwann cells that surround a neuron’s axon. This tumor is very rare in the gastrointestinal tract and develops submucosally from intestinal nerve plexuses. The most common location for gastrointestinal schwannomas is the stomach, where they account for only 0.2% of gastric tumors. We present the case of a 56-year-old asymptomatic patient who was diagnosed, following a routine ultrasound examination, with an abdominal tumor. An abdominal MRI confirmed the gastric origin of the tumor. Although a subsequent upper-digestive endoscopic ultrasound was performed, a definitive diagnosis could not be established. Thus, a laparoscopic wedge resection of the stomach was performed. The immunohistochemical examination of the tumor established the diagnosis of benign schwannoma. Despite the availability of advanced endoscopy and imaging techniques, the diagnosis of gastric schwannoma is very rarely preoperative. The immunohistochemical identification of S-100 on the surgical specimen confirmed the diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-102974522023-06-28 Schwannoma: A Rare Case of Submucosal Gastric Tumor Fugărețu, Cosmina Mișarca, Cătalin Petcu, Lucian Șoană, Raluca Cîrnațiu, Andrada Surlin, Marin Valeriu Patrascu, Stefan Ramboiu, Sandu Diagnostics (Basel) Interesting Images Schwannoma is a tumor that originates from the Schwann cells that surround a neuron’s axon. This tumor is very rare in the gastrointestinal tract and develops submucosally from intestinal nerve plexuses. The most common location for gastrointestinal schwannomas is the stomach, where they account for only 0.2% of gastric tumors. We present the case of a 56-year-old asymptomatic patient who was diagnosed, following a routine ultrasound examination, with an abdominal tumor. An abdominal MRI confirmed the gastric origin of the tumor. Although a subsequent upper-digestive endoscopic ultrasound was performed, a definitive diagnosis could not be established. Thus, a laparoscopic wedge resection of the stomach was performed. The immunohistochemical examination of the tumor established the diagnosis of benign schwannoma. Despite the availability of advanced endoscopy and imaging techniques, the diagnosis of gastric schwannoma is very rarely preoperative. The immunohistochemical identification of S-100 on the surgical specimen confirmed the diagnosis. MDPI 2023-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10297452/ /pubmed/37370968 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13122073 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Interesting Images Fugărețu, Cosmina Mișarca, Cătalin Petcu, Lucian Șoană, Raluca Cîrnațiu, Andrada Surlin, Marin Valeriu Patrascu, Stefan Ramboiu, Sandu Schwannoma: A Rare Case of Submucosal Gastric Tumor |
title | Schwannoma: A Rare Case of Submucosal Gastric Tumor |
title_full | Schwannoma: A Rare Case of Submucosal Gastric Tumor |
title_fullStr | Schwannoma: A Rare Case of Submucosal Gastric Tumor |
title_full_unstemmed | Schwannoma: A Rare Case of Submucosal Gastric Tumor |
title_short | Schwannoma: A Rare Case of Submucosal Gastric Tumor |
title_sort | schwannoma: a rare case of submucosal gastric tumor |
topic | Interesting Images |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10297452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37370968 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13122073 |
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