DUODENAL MALIGNANT SCHWANNOMA: A NEW CASE REPORT
Sarra Bahja*, Jalila Hammani, Hakima Abid, Nada Lahmidani, Mounia El Yousfi, Mohammed El Abkari, Adil Ibrahimi and Dafr Allah Benajah
ABSTRACT
Summary: Schwannomas are very infrequent tumors originating from Schwann cells of the neural sheath.[3] Gastrointestinal schwannomas are among the few mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, and only a few cases have been reported to date. Duodenal schwannomas are usually discovered accidentally and making a preoperative diagnosis remains difficult. We report a case of duodenal schwannoma discovered during abdominal pain assessment. In imaging, this tumor was large and locally advanced, at the endoscopy, the appearance was ulcero-budding.
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