Open AccessInvaginación sigmoidea como presentación clínica de schwannoma de colon. Caso pediátrico
Author(s) -
Yurema González Ruiz,
Alvira Reyes Delgado,
Cristina Alonso,
José I Franco Rubio,
M González Herrero
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2019.e68
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , asymptomatic , transverse colon , constipation , intussusception (medical disorder) , rectum , sigmoid colon , abdominal pain , presentation (obstetrics) , descending colon , gastroenterology , surgery
Schwannomas are tumours originating in the Schwann cells of the peripheral nerves. The appearance in the colon is extremely rare, and there are no known cases in the literature of schwannomas of the colon and rectum described in children. These tumours are usually asymptomatic, but can produce non-specific and gastrointestinal symptoms. The clinical presentation as intestinal intussusception is infrequent. We present a case of an 11-year-old girl with sigmoid swchannoma presented clinically as a colonic intussusception with abdominal pain, rectal bleeding and constipation of 10 days. An intestinal resection with free surgical margins was performed.