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Solitary gastric melanotic schwannoma: Sonographic findings
Author(s) -
Chen YangYuan,
Yen HsuHeng,
Soon MawSoan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20279
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , vomiting , epigastric pain , radiology , biopsy , abdominal pain , nausea , endoscopic ultrasound , surgery
Solitary gastric schwannoma is rare, and solitary melanotic schwannoma is even rarer, posing a dilemma in diagnosis and treatment. We report the case of a 69‐year‐old woman with gastric melanotic schwannoma who presented with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Abdominal sonographic examination revealed a 5‐cm hypoechoic mass in the epigastric area that was confirmed to be a gastric submucosal tumor on endoscopic examination. The diagnosis of melanotic schwannoma was confirmed via sonographically guided percutaneous core biopsy. The tumor was resected, and no recurrence has occurred in a 3‐year follow‐up. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2006