Primary Uterine Cervix Schwannoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Summary of the previously reported primary schwannoma of the uterine cervix.

Case	Clinical presentation	Age	Pathological findings
Gwavava and Traub (1980) [1]	Firm nodular swelling on the anterior lip of cervix	38	Classic schwannoma with Antony A, Antony B, and Verocay bodies
LeMaire et al. (2002) [2]	Asymptomatic, incidental finding on a routine annual pelvic exam	47	Benign schwannoma
Terzakis et al. (1990) [3]	Presented as a protruding or aborted leiomyoma	47	Pigmented melanocytic schwannoma
Keel et al. (1998) [4]	Two of three reported cases presented with abnormal vaginal bleeding, two of them were polypoid lesions, and one was ulcerated	25; 65; 73	Malignant schwannoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST)
Sloan (1988) [5]	Abnormal vaginal bleeding	47	Malignant schwannoma
Junge et al. (1989) [6]	Abnormal vaginal bleeding	41	Malignant schwannoma
Lallas et al. (1999) [7]	Abnormal vaginal bleeding	51	Malignant schwannoma
Bernstein et al. (1999) [8]	Abnormal vaginal bleeding	65	Malignant schwannoma
Giovannantonio et al. (2005) [9]	Abnormal vaginal bleeding	27	Malignant schwannoma