Gastric and intestinal bleeding in multiple neurofibromatosis with cardiomyopathy.
A case of multiple neurofibromatosis is described with histologically divergent lesions in the jejunum, stomach and colon presenting with bleeding and complicated by idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis. An aggressive surgical approach to gastro-intestinal bleeding in multiple neurofibromatosis is recommended.
D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D001020:Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular / Q000150:complications*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery