Pancreatic Schwannoma -
A Rare Case Report
Published: July 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4642
Devi J , Sathyalakshmi R, Chandramouleeswari k, Nalli R. Sumitra Devi
1. Post Graduate, Department of Pathology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India.
3. Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Devi.J,
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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.
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