title: Gastrointestinal schwannomas: CT features with clinicopathologic correlation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to describe the CT features of gastrointestinal schwannomas with clinicopathologic correlation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gastrointestinal schwannomas are uncommon mesenchymal neoplasms that are uniquely different tumors from their soft-tissue and central nervous system counterparts. They are homogeneously attenuating, well-defined, mural masses on CT. The lack of low-attenuation hemorrhage, necrosis, and degeneration within the tumor may help distinguish these tumors from gastrointestinal stromal tumors on CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 6825 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA.
authors.forename: Angela D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Quiles
authors.forename: Markku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miettinen
authors.forename: Leslie H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sobin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed