Central pancreatectomy for pancreatic schwannoma: A case report and literature review

Table 1 Summary of clinicopathological data from all 65 cases of pancreatic schwannoma

	n (%) or mean ± SD (range)
Age (yr) (n = 64)
Mean	55.22 ± 15.26 (20-87)
Sex (male/female), (male %) (n = 64)	29/35 (45.31)
Symptoms1 (n = 64)
Asymptomatic	24 (37.50)
Symptomatic
Abdominal pain	28 (43.75)
Weight loss	8 (12.50)
Back pain	4 (6.26)
Nausea/vomiting	3 (4.69)
Anorexia	2 (3.13)
Abdominal mass	1 (1.56)
Anemia	2 (3.13)
Melena	2 (3.13)
Jaundice	2 (3.13)
Abdominal discomfort	1 (1.56)
Location (n = 65)
Head	26 (40.00)
Head/body	3 (4.62)
Body	15 (23.08)
Body/tail	7 (10.78)
Tail	7 (10.78)
Uncinate process	7 (10.78)
Mean size (cm)	5.83 ± 4.59 (1-20)
Benign	56 (5.27 ± 3.95 ) (1-20)
Malignant	4 (13.75 ± 6.24) (7-20)
Operation (n = 65)
PD2	20 (30.77)
PPPD	2 (3.08)
DP3	16 (24.62)
Enucleation	9 (13.85)
Central pancreatectomy	2 (3.08)
Unresectable	2 (3.08)
Refused	1 (1.54)
Not specified	13 (20.00)
Histology (n = 65)
Malignant	5 (7.69)
Benign	59 (90.77)
Not specified	1 (1.54)
Nature of tumor (n = 65)
Solid	17 (26.15)
Cystic	28 (43.08)
Solid and cystic	14 (21.54)
Not specified	6 (9.23)
Mean follow-up months (n = 29)	20.59 ± 17.76 (3-66)
Died of disease	0

¹Some patients had several symptoms;

²One patient underwent resection of portal vein;

³One patient underwent resection of transverse colon. M: Male; F: Female; NA: Not available; DP: Distal pancreatectomy; PD: Pancreaticoduodenectomy; PPPD: Pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy.