Gastric schwannoma presenting as gastric polyp with gastrointestinal bleeding.
Benign neurogenic tumors of stomach are the commonest of all nonepithelial tumors of the stomach, but solitary gastric schwannomas are rare. We report a 58-year-old man with gastric schwannoma presenting as fundal polyp and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Endoscopic polypectomy was done.
Chandra
Mam
M
Department of Medicine, King George Medical College, Lucknow.
Mehrotra
Punit
P
Mitra
Manoj Kumar
MK
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*