Metachronous schwannoma in the colon with vestibular schwannoma.
10.4174/astr.2014.87.3.161
- Author:
Eun Joo JUNG
1
;
Hye Seung HAN
;
Young Cho KOH
;
Joon CHO
;
Chun Geun RYU
;
Jin Hee PAIK
;
Dae Yong HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Colorectal Cancer Center, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hwangcrc@kuh.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Colon neurilemmoma;
Schwannoma;
Craniectomy;
Gamma knife radiosurgery
- MeSH:
Colon*;
Colon, Descending;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Colonoscopes;
Colonoscopy;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Intussusception;
Lymph Nodes;
Middle Aged;
Neurilemmoma*;
Neuroma, Acoustic*;
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography;
Radiosurgery;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
2014;87(3):161-165
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
