Pancreatic schwannoma - a rare case report

Pancreatic schwannomas are rare neoplasms. Only 47 cases have been reported in literature as of date. Age group that is commonly involved varies between the range of 20-87 years, with an almost equal sex ratio. Tumour size ranges from 1-20 cm. Locations where schwannomas can be encountered in the pa...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR 2014, Vol.8 (7), p.FD15-FD16
Main Authors: J, Devi, R, Sathyalakshmi, K, Chandramouleeswari, Devi, Nalli R Sumitra
Format: Report
Language:English
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Summary:Pancreatic schwannomas are rare neoplasms. Only 47 cases have been reported in literature as of date. Age group that is commonly involved varies between the range of 20-87 years, with an almost equal sex ratio. Tumour size ranges from 1-20 cm. Locations where schwannomas can be encountered in the pancreas are in the vast majority, the head and body, the incidence being: head-40 %, junction of head and body-6 %, body-21 %, body and tail-15 %, tail-4 % and uncinate process-13 %, 60 % of the tumours are cystic, the rest being solid tumours. We hereby report a case where in total gastrectomy with distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy was done for carcinoma stomach involving the stomach bed and pancreatic schwannoma was an incidental finding in this case.
ISSN:2249-782X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2014/8465.4642