Cellular neurilemoma (schwannoma) of the descending colon mimicking carcinoma
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 41 (9) , 1193-1196
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02239444
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.Keywords
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