Neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma of small bowel presenting as inflammatory bowel disease.
We present the case of a rare hamartomatous condition of the small intestine clinically mimicking inflammatory bowel disease. Disorganised fascicles of smooth muscle derived from both muscularis mucosae and propria, bundles of non-myelinated nerve fibres with groups of abnormal ganglion cells, and haemangiomatous vessels were present within the submucosa of a long segment of small intestine causing subacute obstruction.
D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged