Clin Ultrasound.
2018 Nov;3(2):69-73. 10.18525/cu.2018.3.2.69.
Gastric Neurilemmoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Lee & Kim Union Internal Medicine Clinic, Daegu, Korea
- KMID: 2555357
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.18525/cu.2018.3.2.69
Abstract
- Neurilemmoma is a benign, slow-growing neoplasm originating in any nerve that has a Schwann cell sheath. They rarely occur in the digestive tract, but when they do, the most common site is the stomach. And they represent 0.2% of all gastric tumors. Because gastric neurilemmoma are usually covered by intact mucosa and mainly involve the submucosal and muscularis propria, they are categorized as gastric submucosal tumor. Although endoscopic examination is important in the initial evaluation of a gastric SET, they cannot provide enough information in the differential diagnosis of a gastric submucosal tumor. Transabdominal ultrasonogrphy provides useful information regarding the layer of origin, the size of the lesion, morphologic features, differential diagnosis and follow up of gastric submucosal tumor. Author report a case of gastric neurilemmoma presenting as a gastric submucosal tumor in a 65-year-old male patient.
