A unique muscular ring of the jejunum.
Muscular malformations of the gastrointestinal tract are rare conditions. This communication describes a unique case of such a malformation which developed as a muscular ring in the jejunum. The ring consisted of muscular stricture with a vascular stroma and scattered ganglion cells, covered with pyloric type glands. A similar lesion, which probably represents a hamartoma, has not been reported previously.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000473:pathology; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology*