A 59-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with complaints of recurrent non-intensive
pain in the right side, constipation, and abdominal distension. The patient had a
medical history of dolichocolon. Her physical examination and laboratory test results
were unremarkable. Abdominal ultrasonography showed moderate diffuse parenchymal changes
in the liver (liver steatosis) and pancreas. Colonoscopy revealed redundant colon
with a non-epithelial lesion of the sigmoid that had a diameter of 0.6 cm with a smooth
surface and regular capillary pattern ([Fig. 1]; [Video 1]), which was biopsied during the procedure.
Fig. 1 Colonoscopy images before biopsy showing a non-epithelial lesion of the sigmoid: a in white light mode; b in IScan mode.
Video 1 Colonoscopy showing a non-epithelial lesion with a diameter of 0.6 cm, a smooth surface,
and regular capillary pattern in the sigmoid colon, which was biopsied.
Histopathological examination of the biopsy demonstrated a proliferation of short
spindle cells with pale cytoplasm and indistinct cell borders, whose nuclei were bland
and not wavy. The lesion was situated in the lamina propria mucosae and lacked serrated
or hyperplastic epithelial changes. Necrosis, pleomorphism, and mitotic figures were
absent ([Fig. 2 a]). Immunohistochemical staining with epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) showed weak
diffuse positivity ([Fig. 2 b]), and with S100 showed focal positive staining ([Fig. 2 c]). An intramucosal true perineurioma of the sigmoid was confirmed.
Fig. 2 Histopathology of the biopsy showing: a a proliferation of short spindle cells with pale cytoplasm and indistinct cell borders,
bland non-wavy nuclei, and lacking serrated or hyperplastic epithelial changes in
the lamina propria mucosae (hematoxylin and eosin [H&E] stain; magnification × 250);
b weak diffuse positive immunohistochemical staining with epithelial membrane antigen
(EMA; magnification × 250); c focal positive immunohistochemical staining with S100 (magnification × 250).
After the diagnosis had been made, the patient underwent endoscopic resection of the
lesion with a cold snare. There were no complications in the postoperative period
and the patient was discharged on the second day after surgery.
A perineurioma is a rare benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor composed of cells resembling
normal perineurium, with a reported incidence of 0.1 % – 1.46 % [1]
[2]. Since their first description in 2004 by Eslami-Varzaneh, about 150 cases of perineurioma
have been reported in the colorectum to date [1]
[3]. Pai et al. [4] suggested that a perineurioma is the result of a reactive process, likely induced
by the BRAF-mutated serrated epithelium. In our case, serrated or hyperplastic epithelial
changes were not revealed, so we suggest that we are dealing with a true perineurioma
of the sigmoid. An electronic search of the PubMed database (January 2000 – January
2020) using the keywords “true perineurioma colon” revealed only two reports.
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