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Author Spotlight: Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Gastric Content Assessment and Risk Stratification in Perioperative Care
Published on: September 22, 2023
Gastric schwannoma presenting as a casual ultrasonographic findings
Francisco Javier Álvarez Higueras1, Ana Pereñíguez López2, Esther Estrella Díez2
1Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, España.
Abstract:
We present the case of a patient under study due to ascites in which a mass located on the gastric wall was observed during ultrasonography. Further studies (upper endoscopy and computed tomography) confirmed this finding. After an ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy, diagnosis of gastric schwannoma was made as intense S-100 expression was found. Surgery was rejected due to the bad clinical situation of the patient and because the mass was an asymptomatic benign tumor.
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