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CASE REPORT
Rectal schwannoma on endoscopic polypectomy
  1. Vadsala Baskaran,
  2. Wai Sum Cho,
  3. Michael Perry
  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Vadsala Baskaran, reksha_01{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Conventional gastrointestinal schwannomas are rare, most frequently occurring in the stomach while colorectal locations are uncommon and only a small number of cases have been reported. We are reporting this case as it is a very rare tumour at a very rare location. Though schwannomas are considered benign neoplasms, rare cases of malignant schwannoma have been reported. Owing to the uncertainty of the prognosis, our patient is under long-term endoscopic surveillance.

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