1. Small ileal neurofibroma causing intussusception in a non-neurofibromatosis patient.
- Author
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Watanuki F, Ohwada S, Hosomura Y, Okamura S, Kawashima Y, Tanahashi Y, Nakamura S, Iino Y, Johshita T, and Morishita Y
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- Adult, Humans, Ileal Neoplasms pathology, Male, Neurofibroma pathology, Submucous Plexus pathology, Ileal Diseases etiology, Ileal Neoplasms complications, Intussusception etiology, Neurofibroma complications
- Abstract
Neurofibromas in the small intestine are usually accompanied by von Recklinghausen's disease (neurofibromatosis), and usually originate in the intramuscular plexus of Auerbach. We present here a solitary neurofibroma, which caused an ileocolic intussusception, originating in the submucosal plexus of Meissner in a non-neurofibromatosis patient. To our knowledge, there is no previous report of a neurofibroma originating in the plexus of Meissner. This condition was clearly confirmed by macroscopic and microscopic evaluation.
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- 1995
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