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Case Report

Enlarging Pancreatic Schwannoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

by
Narjust Duma
1,*,
Daniel C. Ramirez
1,
Gloria Young
2,
George Nikias
2,
Martin Karpeh
2 and
Zubin M. Bamboat
2
1
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
2
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2015, 5(4), 793; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.793
Submission received: 16 April 2015 / Revised: 28 November 2015 / Accepted: 17 December 2015 / Published: 28 December 2015

Abstract

A 72-year-old female presented with dyspepsia for 2 years and an incidental mass in the head of the pancreas on abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan. Patient had multiple negative endoscopic ultrasound guided biopsies. She was followed up for 3 years with serial imaging until an abdominal CT scan showed an increase in size of the pancreatic mass. Physical examination was unremarkable. Laboratory tests including tumor markers were normal. Given the enlarging size of the mass and its impingement on the portal vein, the consensus was to proceed with surgery. Histology revealed a 3.5 cm mass showing a spindle cell neoplasm with mild atypia. The lesion was well defined and nerve tissue was noted at the periphery. On immuno-stains, the spindle cells were positive for S-100 protein and negative for pan-cytokeratin, CD-34, CD- 117, smooth muscle actin and Melan A, consistent with the diagnosis of a pancreatic schwannoma.
Keywords: pancreatic schwannoma; nerve tissue tumors; pancreatic mass; neurilemmomas pancreatic schwannoma; nerve tissue tumors; pancreatic mass; neurilemmomas

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Duma, N.; Ramirez, D.C.; Young, G.; Nikias, G.; Karpeh, M.; Bamboat, Z.M. Enlarging Pancreatic Schwannoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Clin. Pract. 2015, 5, 793. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.793

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Duma N, Ramirez DC, Young G, Nikias G, Karpeh M, Bamboat ZM. Enlarging Pancreatic Schwannoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Clinics and Practice. 2015; 5(4):793. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.793

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Duma, Narjust, Daniel C. Ramirez, Gloria Young, George Nikias, Martin Karpeh, and Zubin M. Bamboat. 2015. "Enlarging Pancreatic Schwannoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature" Clinics and Practice 5, no. 4: 793. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.793

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Duma, N., Ramirez, D. C., Young, G., Nikias, G., Karpeh, M., & Bamboat, Z. M. (2015). Enlarging Pancreatic Schwannoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Clinics and Practice, 5(4), 793. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.793

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