Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature
Schwannomas are rare mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Occurrence of these tumors is more common in the stomach than in the large intestine. These tumors usually present as polypoidal intraluminal lesions and based on their location can present with rectal bleeding, colonic obstructi...
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| description | Schwannomas are rare mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Occurrence of these tumors is more common in the stomach than in the large intestine. These tumors usually present as polypoidal intraluminal lesions and based on their location can present with rectal bleeding, colonic obstruction, and abdominal pain or defecation disorders. We present a case of a thirty-five-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain and melena. Patient was diagnosed with a nonobstructing superficially ulcerated mass in the cecum on colonoscopy and required right hemicolectomy. A very rare pathological diagnosis of cecal schwannoma was made postoperatively. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9edfb2c4c4ea499ea716999377c3eeb82025-02-03T01:23:23ZengWileyGastroenterology Research and Practice1687-61211687-630X2011-01-01201110.1155/2011/142781142781Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of LiteratureKalyan Kanneganti0Harish Patel1Masooma Niazi2Kavitha Kumbum3Bhavna Balar4Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Grand Concourse, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, 10457, USADepartment of Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Grand Concourse, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10457, USADepartment of Pathology, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Grand Concourse, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10457, USADivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Grand Concourse, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, 10457, USADivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Grand Concourse, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, 10457, USASchwannomas are rare mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Occurrence of these tumors is more common in the stomach than in the large intestine. These tumors usually present as polypoidal intraluminal lesions and based on their location can present with rectal bleeding, colonic obstruction, and abdominal pain or defecation disorders. We present a case of a thirty-five-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain and melena. Patient was diagnosed with a nonobstructing superficially ulcerated mass in the cecum on colonoscopy and required right hemicolectomy. A very rare pathological diagnosis of cecal schwannoma was made postoperatively.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/142781 |
| spellingShingle | Kalyan Kanneganti Harish Patel Masooma Niazi Kavitha Kumbum Bhavna Balar Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature Gastroenterology Research and Practice |
| title | Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature |
| title_full | Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature |
| title_fullStr | Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature |
| title_short | Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature |
| title_sort | cecal schwannoma a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in a young woman with review of literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/142781 |
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