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Metachronous schwannoma in the colon with vestibular schwannoma

Authors :
Joon Cho
Young-Cho Koh
Dae-Yong Hwang
Hye Seung Han
Eun-Joo Jung
Chun-Geun Ryu
Jin Hee Paik
Source :
Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
The Korean Surgical Society, 2014.

Abstract

We experienced a case of vestibular schwannoma and metachronous schwannoma in the colon. A 59-year-old female presented with a 1-month history of hematochezia. She had undergone suboccipital craniectomy resulting in radical subtotal resection, followed by gamma knife radiosurgery for a large left vestibular schwannoma 4 years prior to admission. On preoperative colonoscopy, a huge mass through which the colonoscope could not be passed was detected. CT scans showed colo-colonic intussusception with a 4.8-cm-sized mass in the descending colon. PET/CT revealed hypermetabolism of the descending colon tumor and pericolic lymph nodes. We performed left hemicolectomy under the preoperative impression of colon cancer with intussusception. A pathological diagnosis of benign schwannoma of the colon was made in this patient.

Details

ISSN :
22886796 and 22886575
Volume :
87
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....fe2bbca0606434eb8af53a30939a57d6