Schwannoma—A Rare Subepithelial Lesion of the Colon

Schwannoma is a benign tumor arising from Schwann cells that form the neural sheath. Primary schwannoma of the colon is rare and a few cases have been reported. We report a case of schwannoma of the colon and present the differential diagnosis that must be considered in the evaluation of colonic sub...

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Autores principales: Barbeiro, Sandra, Martins, Catarina, Gonçalves, Cláudia, Arroja, Bruno, Canhoto, Manuela, Silva, Filipe, Cotrim, Isabel, Amado, Cristina, Eliseu, Liliana, Vasconcelos, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Karger Publishers 2015
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Clinical Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5580119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28868377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpge.2015.01.006
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author Barbeiro, Sandra
Martins, Catarina
Gonçalves, Cláudia
Arroja, Bruno
Canhoto, Manuela
Silva, Filipe
Cotrim, Isabel
Amado, Cristina
Eliseu, Liliana
Vasconcelos, Helena
author_facet Barbeiro, Sandra
Martins, Catarina
Gonçalves, Cláudia
Arroja, Bruno
Canhoto, Manuela
Silva, Filipe
Cotrim, Isabel
Amado, Cristina
Eliseu, Liliana
Vasconcelos, Helena
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description Schwannoma is a benign tumor arising from Schwann cells that form the neural sheath. Primary schwannoma of the colon is rare and a few cases have been reported. We report a case of schwannoma of the colon and present the differential diagnosis that must be considered in the evaluation of colonic subepithelial lesions.
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spelling pubmed-55801192017-09-01 Schwannoma—A Rare Subepithelial Lesion of the Colon Barbeiro, Sandra Martins, Catarina Gonçalves, Cláudia Arroja, Bruno Canhoto, Manuela Silva, Filipe Cotrim, Isabel Amado, Cristina Eliseu, Liliana Vasconcelos, Helena GE Port J Gastroenterol Clinical Case Schwannoma is a benign tumor arising from Schwann cells that form the neural sheath. Primary schwannoma of the colon is rare and a few cases have been reported. We report a case of schwannoma of the colon and present the differential diagnosis that must be considered in the evaluation of colonic subepithelial lesions. Karger Publishers 2015-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5580119/ /pubmed/28868377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpge.2015.01.006 Text en © 2015 Sociedade Portuguesa de Gastrenterologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Barbeiro, Sandra
Martins, Catarina
Gonçalves, Cláudia
Arroja, Bruno
Canhoto, Manuela
Silva, Filipe
Cotrim, Isabel
Amado, Cristina
Eliseu, Liliana
Vasconcelos, Helena
Schwannoma—A Rare Subepithelial Lesion of the Colon
title Schwannoma—A Rare Subepithelial Lesion of the Colon
title_full Schwannoma—A Rare Subepithelial Lesion of the Colon
title_fullStr Schwannoma—A Rare Subepithelial Lesion of the Colon
title_full_unstemmed Schwannoma—A Rare Subepithelial Lesion of the Colon
title_short Schwannoma—A Rare Subepithelial Lesion of the Colon
title_sort schwannoma—a rare subepithelial lesion of the colon
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5580119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28868377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpge.2015.01.006
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