Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2007; 13(41): 5521-5524
Published online Nov 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i41.5521
Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma presenting as colitis: A case report
Gary Fass, Didier Hossey, Michel Nyst, Dirk Smets, Esmail Najar Saligheh, Ruth Duttmann, Kathleen Claes, Pierre Mendes da Costa
Gary Fass, Didier Hossey, Michel Nyst, Dirk Smets, Pierre Mendes da Costa, Department of Digestive, Laparoscopic and Thoracic Surgery, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Esmail Najar Saligheh, Department of Radiology, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Ruth Duttmann, Department of Pathology, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Kathleen Claes, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Centre for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Gary Fass, Department of Digestive, Laparoscopic and Thoracic Surgery, Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchten 4 Brussels 1020, Belgium. garyfass@hotmail.com
Telephone: +32-477-180354 Fax: +32-3-4483714
Received: December 19, 2006
Revised: July 23, 2007
Accepted: August 23, 2007
Published online: November 7, 2007
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