Open AccessJejunal schwannoma detected by video capsule endoscopy
Author(s) -
Akira Hokama,
Yasue Irei,
Hideyasu Aoyama,
Jiro Fujita
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6474/2019
Subject(s) - medicine , capsule endoscopy , schwannoma , capsule , endoscopy , radiology , general surgery , biology , botany
We present a rare case of a 60-year-old woman with jejunal schwannoma. This is the first case of intestinal schwannomas detected by video capsule endoscopy. Characteristic endoscopic and immunohistochemical pictures are presented with a brief literature review.