title: Pancreatic schwannoma - a rare case report.
abstract: Pancreatic schwannomas are rare neoplasms. Only 47 cases have been reported in literature as of date. Age group that is commonly involved varies between the range of 20-87 years, with an almost equal sex ratio. Tumour size ranges from 1-20 cm. Locations where schwannomas can be encountered in the pancreas are in the vast majority, the head and body, the incidence being: head-40 %, junction of head and body-6 %, body-21 %, body and tail-15 %, tail-4 % and uncinate process-13 %, 60 % of the tumours are cystic, the rest being solid tumours. We hereby report a case where in total gastrectomy with distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy was done for carcinoma stomach involving the stomach bed and pancreatic schwannoma was an incidental finding in this case.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate, Department of Pathology, Stanley Medical College , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Devi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: J
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanley Medical College , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Sathyalakshmi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: R
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanley Medical College , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Chandramouleeswari
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: K
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanley Medical College , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Nalli R Sumitra
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Devi
keywords: Antoni A and B areas; Distal pancreatectomy; Schwann cells; Splenectomy