title: Myoepithelial hamartoma of the ileum: a rare cause of intestinal intussusception in children.
abstract: Herein we present a case report of a 2-year-old male child who suffered an ileocecal intussusception not reduced by pneumoenema. At the apex of the intussusception there was a 2 cm tumor. The pathologic diagnosis was myoepithelial hamartoma. In a review of the literature we could find no previous reference to myoepithelial hamartomas located in distal ileum causing intussusception in children.
authors.affiliation: Service of Pediatric Surgery, General Hospital of Albacete, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonzálvez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andújar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iñiguez
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D007082:Ileum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male