Central pancreatectomy for pancreatic schwannoma: A case report and literature review
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Central pancreatectomy for pancreatic schwannoma: A case report and literature review
Schwannomas are mesenchymal tumors originating from Schwann cells in peripheral nerve sheaths. Although the tumor can be located in any part of the human body, the most common locations are the head, neck, trunk and extremities. Pancreatic schwannomas are rare. To our knowledge, only 64 cases of pancreatic schwannoma have been reported in the English literature over the past 40 years. In this p...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i37.8439