Wait-and-See Policy for a Small Pancreatic Schwannoma Diagnosed With Endoscopic Ultrasound With Fine-Needle Aspiration.
Journal
ACG case reports journal
ISSN: 2326-3253
Titre abrégé: ACG Case Rep J
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101638398
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2019
Jul 2019
Historique:
received:
05
01
2019
accepted:
03
04
2019
entrez:
18
10
2019
pubmed:
18
10
2019
medline:
18
10
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Pancreatic schwannomas are very rare tumors, usually diagnosed incidentally after surgery. In literature, only 17 patients underwent endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine-needle aspiration and diagnosis was reached only in 9 subjects. We report the case of a woman in whom a computed tomography revealed a mass in the uncinate process of the pancreas. EUS-fine-needle aspiration demonstrated a 1.3 × 1.1 cm hypoechoic lesion, cytology revealed sheets of spindle cells, and immunocytochemistry led to the diagnosis of schwannoma. Relying on EUS features and on the low proliferation index, a follow-up program was set. Four years later, the patient is asymptomatic and the mass is unchanged.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31620536
doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000139
pii: ACGCR-19-0454
pmc: PMC6722366
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e00139Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology.
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