title: Small ileal neurofibroma causing intussusception in a non-neurofibromatosis patient.
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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Watanuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohwada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosomura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Johshita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: 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