Solitary Schwannoma of the Cecum: Case Report and Review of the Literature

A 78-year-old woman presented with an abdominal mass diagnosed by ultrasound and computed tomography. The patient underwent a laparotomy, during which a retroperitoneal tumor adherent to the cecum wall was identified. Microscopically, it showed spindle-cell proliferation in whorls, with low mitotic...

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Main Authors: JoséWilson Benevides de Mesquita Neto, Renato Mazon Lima Verde Leal, Eurivaldo Valente de Brito, Diego Fonseca Cordeiro, Marcelo Leite Vieira Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/346785