Rare Case of a Transverse Colon Schwannoma

Schwannomas are tumors comprised of schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system and infrequently present in the gastrointestinal tract. Transverse colon schwannomas are an even more rare subtype of gastrointestinal schwannomas. This study presents the case of a transverse colon schwannoma, in add...

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Autores principales: Pansari, Mridul, Lodin, Daud, Gupta, Anupam K, Genuit, Thomas, Moseson, Jordan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7212744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32399338
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7604
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author Pansari, Mridul
Lodin, Daud
Gupta, Anupam K
Genuit, Thomas
Moseson, Jordan
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description Schwannomas are tumors comprised of schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system and infrequently present in the gastrointestinal tract. Transverse colon schwannomas are an even more rare subtype of gastrointestinal schwannomas. This study presents the case of a transverse colon schwannoma, in addition to presenting a literature review.
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spelling pubmed-72127442020-05-12 Rare Case of a Transverse Colon Schwannoma Pansari, Mridul Lodin, Daud Gupta, Anupam K Genuit, Thomas Moseson, Jordan Cureus Pathology Schwannomas are tumors comprised of schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system and infrequently present in the gastrointestinal tract. Transverse colon schwannomas are an even more rare subtype of gastrointestinal schwannomas. This study presents the case of a transverse colon schwannoma, in addition to presenting a literature review. Cureus 2020-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7212744/ /pubmed/32399338 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7604 Text en Copyright © 2020, Pansari et al. http://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/PMC7212744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32399338
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7604
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