Myoepithelial hamartoma of the ileum: a rare cause of intestinal intussusception in children.
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.
Gonzálvez
J
J
Service of Pediatric Surgery, General Hospital of Albacete, Spain.
Marco
A
A
Andújar
M
M
Iñiguez
L
L
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