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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Sep 15, 2019; 11(9): 750-760
Published online Sep 15, 2019. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v11.i9.750
Clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of schwannomas of the esophagus and stomach: A case series and systematic review
Jesús Morales-Maza, Francisco Ulises Pastor-Sifuentes, Germán E Sánchez-Morales, Emilio Sanchez-Garcia Ramos, Oscar Santes, Uriel Clemente-Gutiérrez, Adriana Simoneta Pimienta-Ibarra, Heriberto Medina-Franco
Jesús Morales-Maza, Francisco Ulises Pastor-Sifuentes, Germán E Sánchez-Morales, Emilio Sanchez-Garcia Ramos, Oscar Santes, Uriel Clemente-Gutiérrez, Adriana Simoneta Pimienta-Ibarra, Heriberto Medina-Franco, Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City14080, Mexico
Author contributions: Morales-Maza J, Pastor-Sifuentes FU, Sánchez-Morales GE and Medina-Franco H contributed equally to this study; Santes O and Clemente-Gutiérrez U performed the research and analyzed the data; Pimienta-Ibarra AS and Sanchez-Garcia Ramos E. wrote the paper.
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Corresponding author: Heriberto Medina-Franco, FACS, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán,Vasco de Quiroga 15, Sección XVI, Tlalpan, Mexico City14080, Mexico.herimd@hotmail.com
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Received: February 12, 2019
Peer-review started: February 15, 2019
First decision: April 15, 2019
Revised: May 5, 2019
Accepted: August 18, 2019
Article in press: August 19, 2019
Published online: September 15, 2019
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Core tips: We performed a systematic review of the literature searching two types of rare tumors; esophageal and gastric schwannomas. We review its form of presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment. We also performed a systematic review trying to gather all case reports and case series in a single paper. We have found 16 cases of esophageal schwannomas and 301 cases of gastric schwannomas in all literature. We also reviewed our institutional experience with the report of 6 cases of gastrointestinal schwannomas, 1 is esophageal and 5 are gastric.