title: Cellular neurilemoma (schwannoma) of the descending colon mimicking carcinoma: report of a case.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannin, Greece.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Skopelitou
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Mylonakis
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Charchanti
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kappas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009197:Myenteric Plexus / Q000473:pathology; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009780:Occult Blood; D012583:Schwann Cells / Q000473:pathology