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Schwannoma of the Colon, a Rare Tumor Entity: A Case Report
Pyong Wha Choi, Mee Joo
American Journal of Medical Case Reports
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2017
, 5(1), 12-14 doi:10.12691/ajmcr-5-1-4
Figure 1.
Colonoscopic findings. An approximately 2 cm, round, submucosal mass with a hard consistency is located in the cecum
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Figure 2.
Abdominal CT (coronal image) showing an enhancing mass in the cecum without pericolic infiltration (white arrow)
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Figure 3.
Pathologic findings. A) A subserosal protruding mass (asterisk) is noted in the cecum, measuring 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm. B) Low magnification view demonstrates a well-circumscribed solid mass with a peripheral lymphoid cuff (arrows) (H&E, × 10). C) The tumor is composed of fascicles of spindle cells showing nuclear palisading (H&E, × 200).
D)
Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells are positive for S100 protein (× 200), and negative for CD117 (c-kit), CD34, and smooth muscle actin
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