Gastric Schwannoma: A Benign Tumor Often Misdiagnosed as Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor | Zendy

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Gastric Schwannoma: A Benign Tumor Often Misdiagnosed as Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Author(s) -

Apurva Shah,

Pravin Rathi,

Vaibhav Somani,

Astha M. Mulani

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

clinics and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2039-7283

DOI - 10.4081/cp.2015.775

Subject(s) - medicine , stromal tumor , schwannoma , laparotomy , gist , stromal cell , differential diagnosis , stomach , nerve sheath tumor , mesenchymal tumor , nerve sheath , cyst , pathology , radiology , immunohistochemistry

Gastric schwannomas are rare mesenchymal tumors that arise from the nerve plexus of gut wall. They present with nonspecific symptoms and are often detected incidentally. Preoperative investigation is not pathognomic and many are therefore misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal stromal tumors. We report a rare case of a 37-year old woman who underwent laparotomy for complex bilateral ovarian cyst with resection of gastric-gastrointestinal stromal tumor preoperatively, but confirmed to have a gastric schwannomas postoperatively. This case underscores the differential diagnosis of submucosal, exophytic gastric mass as schwannoma

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