Bowel mesentery (meso-appendix) microcystic/reticular schwannoma: Case report and literature review

Table 1 Summary of patients with gastrointestinal microcystic/reticular schwannoma

Ref.	Sex/age (yr)	Location	Size (cm)	Symptoms	Gross appearance	Outcome (mo)
Liegl et al[12]	F/73	Rectum	0.85	Asymptomatic	Circumscribed, not encapsulated	Died at 361
Liegl et al[12]	F/72	Stomach	2.0	Asymptomatic	Circumscribed, not encapsulated	ANED at 24
Liegl et al[12]	M/68	Cecum	0.4	Asymptomatic	Circumscribed with focal infiltration	ANED at 24
Liegl et al[12]	F/93	Jejunum	1.6	Asymptomatic	Circumscribed, not encapsulated	ANED at 7
Liegl et al[12]	M/78	Small intestine	0.8	Asymptomatic	Circumscribed with focal infiltration	“Recent case”
Lee et al[13]	F/32	Ascending colon	1.4	Bowel habit change	Circumscribed with focal infiltration	UA
Agaimy et al[14]	F/67	Cecum	1.0	A polyp at colonoscopy	Circumscribed with focal infiltration	ANED at 12
Agaimy et al[14]	F/67	Mid-jejunum	2.2	Incidental finding	UA	ANED at 2
Kienemund et al[15]	F/70	Sigmoid colon	0.7	UA	Circumscribed, not encapsulated	UA
Kienemund et al[15]	F/70	Sigmoid colon	1.3	UA	UA	UA
Chetty et al[16]	F/63	Stomach	1.9	Epigastric pain	Circumscribed, not encapsulated	ANED at 60
Trivedi et al[18]	M/61	Sigmoid colon	0.7	Incidental finding	Circumscribed, not encapsulated	ANED at 24
Our case	F/43	Meso-appendix	4.0	Incidental finding	Circumscribed and encapsulated	ANED at 10

¹Died of metastatic colon carcinoma; ANED: Alive with no evidence of disease; UA: Unavailable.