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Korean J Med. 2009;76(1):44-48.
복부 종괴로 내원한 위 신경초종 1예
강동오, 김현진, 조현진, 김태효, 정운태, 이옥재, 이종실
A gastric schwannoma presenting as an abdominal mass
Dong O Kang, Hyun Jin Kim, Hyun Chin Cho, Tae Hyo Kim, Woon Tae Jung, Ok Jae Lee, Jong Sil Lee


Abstract
Schwannomas or neurilemmomas of the gastrointestinal tract are very rare and constitute less than 1% of all gut neoplasms. We experienced a case of schwannoma in the stomach, which is an extremely rare site. The patient was a 55-year-old woman who complained of an abdominal mass. At endoscopy, a 10-cm ulcerated submucosal mass was seen in the posterior wall of the body of the stomach. Computed tomography showed a heterogenous mass in the stomach without metastasis. The tumor was resected with the stomach. Both histological and immunohistochemical staining with S-100 protein revealed that it was a schwannoma. (Korean J Med 76:S44-S48, 2009)

Keywords :Schwannoma, Submucosal tumor, Stomach

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