Gastric Schwannoma: a case report and literature review
Huesca-Jiménez, K.; Medina-Franco, H.
Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico 74(3): 252-255
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0906 PMID: 19858018 Document Number: 629216
We report a 49-year old male with diagnosis of gastric schwannoma who underwent subtotal gastrectomy. We describe clinicopathological and immunohistochemical characteristics of these tumors and performed an extensive literature review. Gastric schwannomas are very rare tumors but they should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of more common mesenchimal neoplasms like gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). The treatment of choice is surgical resection and their prognosis is very favourable.