Solitary schwannoma of the cecum: case report and review of the literature.

摘要: A 78-year-old woman presented with an abdominal mass diagnosed by ultrasound and computed tomography. The patient underwent a laparotomy, during which retroperitoneal tumor adherent to the cecum wall was identified. Microscopically, it showed spindle-cell proliferation in whorls, low mitotic count (2 per 50 high-power fields) strongly positive for S-100 protein vimentin. final diagnosis benign schwannoma of no further treatment required. Large intestine schwannomas are extremely rare tumors only few cases have been reported date.