Cellular neurilemoma (schwannoma) of the descending colon mimicking carcinoma: report of a case.

Skopelitou, A S; Mylonakis, E P; Charchanti, A V; Kappas, A M · Dis Colon Rectum · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a rare case of a cellular neurilemoma (schwannoma) of the descending colon, mimicking carcinoma, not accompanied by von Recklinghausen's disease. The differential diagnostic problems are discussed and the possibility of a site-specific, modified Schwann cell of myenteric plexus origin is suggested.

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