title: Asymptomatic Ileal Schwannoma presenting as a Mesenteric Tumour: Case report and review of literature.
abstract: A schwannoma is a benign tumour which arises from the schwann cells of the central or peripheral nervous system. Common sites include the head and limbs; it is rare that this tumour arises from the gastrointestinal tract's neural plexus. It is even rarer to find the ileum as the site of origin. We report a patient who presented with a central abdominal mass which was preoperatively diagnosed as a mesenteric tumour. However, immunohistochemistry of the surgically-removed specimen proved it to be a benign ileal schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Shahzad Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Khalid M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: Sreedharan V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Koliyadan
authors.forename: Marwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al Riyami
keywords: Abdomen; Case Report; Ileal Neoplasms; Mesenteric Cyst; Neurilemmoma; Oman; Schwann Cells, abnormalities