title: Congenital solitary intestinal fibromatosis.
abstract: Neonatal intestinal obstruction due to a tumour is rare. We report a six-day-old male neonate who presented with abdominal distension and vomiting. Laparotomy revealed colonic obstruction caused by a stenosing fibrotic lesion in the proximal transverse colon. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen confirmed fibromatosis. We believe this represents the third reported case of solitary colonic fibromatosis. The literature on neonatal intestinal fibromatosis is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. anuman@ich.uct.ac.za
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Numanoglu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: A J W
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rode
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005350:Fibroma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male