Small bowel schwannoma revealed during an inguinal hernia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: The association of bowel tumor and inguinal hernia is rare. We report according to our research the first case of the migration of a small bowel schwannoma into an inguinal hernia. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 51-year-old Moroccan malen admitted for a non-reducible right...

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Autores principales: Zentar, Aziz, Tijani, Youssef, Elkaoui, Hakim, Elghanmi, Jihad, Sair, Khalid, Taberkant, Mustafa, Chtata, Hassan Taoufik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25159340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-287
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: The association of bowel tumor and inguinal hernia is rare. We report according to our research the first case of the migration of a small bowel schwannoma into an inguinal hernia. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 51-year-old Moroccan malen admitted for a non-reducible right inguinal hernia in which surgical exploration showed the presence of a small bowel tumor that had migrated into his hernia sac. A histopathological examination of the tumor was in favor of a small bowel schwannoma. CONCLUSION: Small bowel schwannoma is an exceptional clinical entity for which the diagnosis is difficult; its confirmation needs histological and immunohistochemical studies.

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