title: Small bowel schwannoma revealed during an inguinal hernia: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The association of bowel tumor and inguinal hernia is rare. We report according to our research the first case of the migration of a small bowel schwannoma into an inguinal hernia.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 51-year-old Moroccan malen admitted for a non-reducible right inguinal hernia in which surgical exploration showed the presence of a small bowel tumor that had migrated into his hernia sac. A histopathological examination of the tumor was in favor of a small bowel schwannoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Small bowel schwannoma is an exceptional clinical entity for which the diagnosis is difficult; its confirmation needs histological and immunohistochemical studies.
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zentar
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Street corner souss-qahira, Nuild 16, N°6 Kenitra, Rabat, Morocco. dr.yousseftijani@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tijani
authors.forename: Hakim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elkaoui
authors.forename: Jihad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elghanmi
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sair
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taberkant
authors.forename: Hassan Taoufik
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chtata
mesh_terms: D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*