Case Report
Gastric Schwannoma: A Tumor Must Be Included in Differential Diagnoses of Gastric Submucosal Tumors
Table 1
Clinical features of GS reported in English literature.
| | Benign | Malignant | Overall | value |
| Total | 211 | 10 | 221 | | Male/female | 63/148 | 5/5 | 68/153 | 0.178 | Average age (years) | 57.13 ± 13.12 | 49.78 ± 22.44 | 56.82 ± 13.77 | 0.118 | Symptoms (cases) | | | | 0.695 | NA | 56 | 1 | 57 (34.76%) | | Multiple symptoms | 19 | 3 | 22 (13.41%) | | Asymptomatic (incidentally found) | 69 | 2 | 71 (43.29%) | | Abdominal pain or discomfort | 32 | 2 | 34 (20.73%) | | GI bleeding | 19 | 2 | 21 (12.80%) | | Palpable mass | 5 | 0 | 5 (3.05%) | | Poor appetite | 5 | 0 | 5 (3.05%) | | Dyspepsia | 3 | 0 | 3 (1.82%) | | Weight loss | 2 | 0 | 2 (1.22%) | | Nausea or vomiting | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6%) | | Location (cases) | | | | 0.581 | NA | 83 | 3 | 86 (52.44%) | | Subcardia | 2 | 0 | 2 (1.22%) | | Fundus | 15 | 0 | 15 (9.15%) | | Body | 82 | 5 | 87 (53.05%) | | Antrum | 29 | 2 | 31 (18.90%) | | Size (diameter, cm) | | | | 0.897 | Mean size | 4.66 ± 2.62 | 4.66 ± 1.97 | 4.67 ± 2.60 | | Median size | 4 | 4 | 4 | | Follow-up time (months) | | | | 0.102 | Mean time | 78.19 ± 84.85 | 44.67 ± 38.02 | 74.67 ± 82.59 | | Median time | 43 | 28 | 38.5 | |
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NA: not available.
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