Case Reports in Clinical Medicine

Volume 3, Issue 5 (May 2014)

ISSN Print: 2325-7075   ISSN Online: 2325-7083

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Schwannoma in Ascending Colon: A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain

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DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2014.35069    3,804 Downloads   5,670 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

Schwannoma, (also called neurilemoma, neurinoma) is a benign tumor originating from nerve sheath of the Schwann cells. They rarely occur in gastrointestinal tract. We report a rare case of colonic schwannoma in a 38-year-old woman presenting with worsening right-sided pelvic pain, discovered after laparoscopic right-colon resection performed after the detection of a atypical polypoid mass in the ascending colon. Diagnosis is confirmed by immunohistochemical staining panel.

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Ersoy, O. , Sekmen, U. , Goksel, S. , Hamzaoglu, H. and Paksoy, M. (2014) Schwannoma in Ascending Colon: A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 3, 314-318. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2014.35069.

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