Small ileal neurofibroma causing intussusception in a non-neurofibromatosis patient.
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.
Watanuki
F
F
Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ohwada
S
S
Hosomura
Y
Y
Okamura
S
S
Kawashima
Y
Y
Tanahashi
Y
Y
Nakamura
S
S
Iino
Y
Y
Johshita
T
T
Morishita
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013368:Submucous Plexus / Q000473:pathology