| Literature DB >> 25247171 |
Eun-Joo Jung1, Hye Seung Han2, Young-Cho Koh3, Joon Cho3, Chun-Geun Ryu1, Jin Hee Paik1, Dae-Yong Hwang1.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Colon neurilemmoma; Craniectomy; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Schwannoma
Year: 2014 PMID: 25247171 PMCID: PMC4170579 DOI: 10.4174/astr.2014.87.3.161
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Surg Treat Res ISSN: 2288-6575 Impact factor: 1.859