Asymptomatic ileal schwannoma presenting as a mesenteric tumour : case report and review of literature

Abstract EN

A schwannoma is a benign tumour which arises from the schwann cells of the central or peripheral nervous system.

Common sites include the head and limbs; it is rare that this tumour arises from the gastrointestinal tract’s neural plexus.

It is even rarer to find the ileum as the site of origin.

We report a patient who presented with a central abdominal mass which was preoperatively diagnosed as a mesenteric tumour.

However, immunohistochemistry of the surgically-removed specimen proved it to be a benign ileal schwannoma.