A safe and simpler diagnosis of gastric schwannomas.
Although gastric schwannomas usually are nonmalignant, these tumors can undergo malignant transformation. For diagnosis, endoluminal routes are believed to decrease the chance of cancerous cell dissemination. We present a case where a percutaneous route was utilized with supporting evidence for the safe use of this method for diagnosis.
Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina, 29425.
Rambod
R
Charepoo
Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina, 29425.
Arun P
AP
Palanisamy
Department of Surgery, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, Connecticut, 06708.
Jayakara
J
Shetty
Department of Surgery, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, Connecticut, 06708.
Scott H
SH
Kurtzman
Diagnosis; MRI; diagnostic biopsies; gastric schwannomas; percutaneous; seeding