title: [Gastrointestinal autonomic tumor associated with von Recklinghausen's disease].
abstract: Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve (GAN) tumor is a rare type of gastrointestinal stromal tumor that is presumed to arise from the enteric autonomic plexus. Occasionally it develops associated with von Recklinghausen's disease (VRD). A 63-year-old-woman with VRD and two GANs in the ileum is reported, and the literature of this combined findings reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Dr. José Penna, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lespi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drut
mesh_terms: D017776:Autonomic Pathways; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Tumor autonómico gastrointestinal asociado a enfermedad de von Recklinghausen.