unusual case of gastric schwannoma

ABSTRACT

Massive Schwannomas arising from the abdominal viscera are exceedingly rare. The case of a young male is reported who presented with a significant upper abdominal mass. Subsequent surgery and histopathology revealed a huge benign Schwannoma measuring 22 by 20 cm in the lesser sac adherent to the lesser curvature of the stomach. After a review of the literature and to the best of our knowledge it appears that a visceral benign Schwannoma of this proportion has never been reported