title: H. Pylori in a gastric schwannoma: a case report.
abstract: Schwannomas are benign, often asymptomatic, slow-growing tumors that originate from Schwann cells of the neural sheath. Although H. Pylori has been associated with gastric adenocarcinoma, there has never been a recorded association with schwannoma formation. We present a 64-year-old woman who underwent a laparoscopic partial wedge gastrectomy for an incidentally discovered gastric mass. Histologic examination was consistent with schwannoma; however, chronic inflammation with microorganisms morphologically consistent with H. Pylori was also present. This case suggests the first recorded case of H. Pylori in an immunohistochemically confirmed gastric schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 2 St George's University, Grenada, West Indies; 3 Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 4 Department of Pathology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lavy
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 2 St George's University, Grenada, West Indies; 3 Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 4 Department of Pathology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Ethan T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Paulin
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 2 St George's University, Grenada, West Indies; 3 Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 4 Department of Pathology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Mitchell I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 2 St George's University, Grenada, West Indies; 3 Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 4 Department of Pathology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 2 St George's University, Grenada, West Indies; 3 Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 4 Department of Pathology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Glenn S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 2 St George's University, Grenada, West Indies; 3 Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA ; 4 Department of Pathology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schwartz
keywords: GIST; S100; Stomach; inflammation gastric mucosa; spindle cell; submucosal tumor; vimentin