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- Title
Gastric Schwannoma: A Tumor Must Be Included in Differential Diagnoses of Gastric Submucosal Tumors.
- Authors
Hu, Bao-guang; Wu, Feng-jie; Zhu, Jun; Li, Xiao-mei; Li, Yu-ming; Feng, Yan; Li, He-sheng
- Abstract
Gastric schwannoma (GS) is a rare neoplasm of the stomach. It accounts for 0.2% of all gastric tumors and is mostly benign, slow-growing, and asymptomatic. Due to its rarity, GS is not widely recognized by clinicians, and the precise differential diagnosis between GS and other gastric submucosal tumors remains difficult preoperatively. The present study reports a case of GS misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal stromal tumor and reviews the clinical, imaging, and pathological features, treatment, and follow-up of 221 patients with GS previously reported in the English literature. Although GS is rare, the case reported in the current study highlights the importance of including GS in differential diagnoses of gastric submucosal tumors. Furthermore, the findings of the review suggest that although many cases are asymptomatic, the most common symptoms are abdominal pain or discomfort, not gastrointestinal bleeding, and malignant GSs present with clinical symptoms more commonly. Although large-sample multicenter studies on the efficacy, safety, and oncological outcomes of minimally invasive techniques are required, the findings presented herein may be helpful for clinicians when diagnosing or treating GS.
- Subjects
SCHWANNOMAS; GASTRIC disease diagnosis; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; GASTROINTESTINAL agents; ABDOMINAL pain
- Publication
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2017, p1
- ISSN
2090-6528
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2017/9615359