Intestinal leiomyosarcoma and gastroparesis associated with von Recklinghausen's disease.
The rare association between intestinal leiomyosarcoma, von Recklinghausen's disease (type-1 neurofibromatosis) and gastroparesis is described. A 20-year-old male, diagnosed 12 years earlier as having pelvic von Recklinghausen's disease, presented with nausea and vomiting. A gastric scintigraphy demonstrated an extremely slow gastric emptying time in the absence of obvious causes for gastroparesis. A small ileal leiomyosarcoma was later found and removed by surgery. The latter was followed by a marked improvement in the clinical condition of the patient.
Bernardis
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Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University of Udine Medical School, Udine, Italy.
Sorrentino
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D
Snidero
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D
Avellini
C
C
Paduano
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R
Beltrami
C A
CA
Digito
F
F
Bartoli
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E
D000328:Adult; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*