title: Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the caecum in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the large intestine is uncommon. To our knowledge, this condition has not been reported in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this report, a 66-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis was found to have a large polyp in the caecum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Right hemicolectomy was performed because of the size of the polyp.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pathological examination showed that the polyp was an inflammatory fibroid polyp.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians should be aware that inflammatory fibroid polyps could be one of the many manifestations of neurofibromatosis in the gastrointestinal tract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, QHPSS, 2nd floor, Gold Coast Hospital, Nerang Street, Southport, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002432:Cecum; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000150:complications*