title: Myoepithelial hamartoma of the stomach simulating a gastric carcinoma. A case report.
abstract: Myoepithelial hamartoma is a very rare submucosal tumor of the stomach. Magnus-Alsleben first described 5 cases of this tumor in 1903. More recently (1993) Vandelli et al. published a review of the literature comprising only 33 cases. Histologically, the tumor is characterized by hypertrophic smooth muscle bands surrounding diverse epithelial elements that can be arranged in different ways: as a simple glandular structure, Brunner's gland, pancreatic ducts and occasionally pancreatic acinus. We report a case of myoepithelial hamartoma of the stomach simulating a gastric carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Science Department, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. rosannaportale@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Teresa Rosanna
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Portale
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mosca
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vicari
authors.forename: Giuseppa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pulvirenti
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fichera
authors.forename: Edvige
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salomone
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puleo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology