Gastric Schwannoma: Case report from Tanzania and brief review of literature

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. We report a rare case of hematemesis secondary to a gastric schwannoma in a Tanzanian female. Gastric schwannomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastric masses and distinguished from other et...

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Autores principales: Manji, Mohamed, Ismail, Ame, Komba, Ewaldo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26273443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.299
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description Upper gastrointestinal bleeding causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. We report a rare case of hematemesis secondary to a gastric schwannoma in a Tanzanian female. Gastric schwannomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastric masses and distinguished from other etiologies, given their excellent postresection prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-45277972015-08-13 Gastric Schwannoma: Case report from Tanzania and brief review of literature Manji, Mohamed Ismail, Ame Komba, Ewaldo Clin Case Rep Case Reports Upper gastrointestinal bleeding causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. We report a rare case of hematemesis secondary to a gastric schwannoma in a Tanzanian female. Gastric schwannomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastric masses and distinguished from other etiologies, given their excellent postresection prognosis. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-07 2015-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4527797/ /pubmed/26273443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.299 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527797/
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