Gastric schwannoma with post-surgical gastroparesis: a case report and literature review

• DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1496074
• Publication Date: 2025-01-13T06:14:00Z
• Authors: Ganggang Miao; De Zhang; Jiajing Li; Yanxiang Deng; Xingwei Gu; Tingting Feng
• Keywords: Gastroparesis; Bloating; CD117; Stromal tumor; Etiology

Gastric schwannoma is a relatively rare submucosal mesenchymal tumor with low probability of metastasis and arises from Schwann cells the gastrointestinal nervous plexus. Surgical therapy main treatment gastric symptoms or malignant tendency. Gastroparesis potential complication following surgery, which clinical syndrome caused by emptying disorder characterized nausea, vomiting, bloating, resulting in insufficient nutrient intake. Generally, post-surgical etiology gastroparesis, while most common underlying diabetes mellitus. So far, reports gastroparesis arising resection are rare. We present an 80-year-old woman who was diagnosed stromal (GIST) primarily has undergone laparoscopic wedge-shaped gastrectomy. The pathological immunohistochemical examination ultimately established diagnosis schwannoma. patient experienced belching, bloating 1 week after surgery confirmed as through series gastroscopic examination. A treatments were performed, including correcting fluid-electrolyte disorders vitamin deficiencies, nutritional support pharmacological treatments. recovered well, relevant literatures reviewed to identify handle similar cases hereafter.