Open AccessGastric Schwannoma: A Postoperative Surprise A Case Report.
Author(s) -
Abdelmounaïm Ait Ali,
Mohamed Essarghini,
Abderzak Hajjouji,
Khalid Sair
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of medicine and surgery/international journal of medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-4983
pISSN - 2336-0313
DOI - 10.15342/ijms.v1i1.3
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , gastrectomy , immunohistochemistry , stromal cell , surgery , radiology , cancer
Gastric Schwannoma is a rare, slow-growing, and clinically non-specific submucosal tumor, originating from Schwann cells with excellent prognosis after surgical resection.We report a clinical case of a patient presented with gastric schwannoma revealed by non-specific gastric signs and of which the definitive diagnosis is done through immunohistochemistry of the resected specimen, showing strong S100 protein positivity. The evolution is favorable after a partial gastrectomy with a decline of two years. Through this case, we are trying to trace the rarity, strong similarities with gastric stromal tumors and especially, the weak index of suspicion for this diagnosis.