Open AccessPANCREATIC SCHWANNOMA: CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Bülent Aytaç,
Ahmet Karamercan,
Mehmet Eren Yüksel,
Gamze Kulduk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european medical, health and pharmaceutical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1804-9702
pISSN - 1804-5804
DOI - 10.12955/emhpj.v7i2.527
Subject(s) - schwannoma , medicine , pancreas , abdomen , radiology , pancreatic tumor , differential diagnosis , abdominal pain , lesion , whipple procedure , pancreatic disease , pancreaticoduodenectomy , pathology , pancreatic cancer , surgery , cancer
Pancreatic schwannoma is a rare neoplasm. By 2012, there were only 47 cases reported on pancreatic schwannoma in the English literature to the best of our knowledge. Hereby, we report a 37-year-old Caucasian male with a cystic schwannoma in the head of the pancreas. The patient, complaining of vague abdominal pain and pruritus underwent a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen. The CT scan of the abdomen revealed a cystic lesion in the head of the pancreas. Initially, a cystic mucinous tumor of the pancreas was suspected. Whipple’s procedure was undertaken. The histopathologic evaluation of the specimen revealed a pancreatic schwannoma. The patient did well postoperatively. Even rarely seen, pancreatic schwannoma should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic lesions.