[Upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to a jejunal stromal tumor in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1].
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a multisystemic disease with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance, complete penetrance and variable expressivity. This disease affects one in every 3,000 individuals and one out of every 200 patients with mental retardation. Gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors is one of the many complications associated with NF1. We report the case of a patient with NF1 admitted to hospital for severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage secondary to a jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) with favorable outcome after surgical removal.
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. beamerino80@gmail.com
Beatriz
B
Merino Rodríguez
María
M
Vega Catalina Rodríguez
Luis
L
Bachiller
Gerardo
G
Clemente Ricote
D000328:Adult; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*