title: Adenomyoma of the small intestine in an adult: report of a case.
abstract: We report a case of adenomyoma in the small intestine, which is an extremely rare entity. An 81-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a history of three episodes of vomiting accompanied by abdominal pain. Upper gastrointestinal examination via a long tube found intestinal obstruction caused by a tumor of the small intestine. Laparotomy revealed a hard mass, 160 cm distal to the Treitz ligament. Pathological examinations of the resected tumor confirmed a diagnosis of adenomyoma originating in the small intestine. To our knowledge, this is only the second report of an adenomyoma of small intestine causing intestinal obstruction in an adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Omori Red Cross Hospital, 4-30-11 Chuo, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8527, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomibayashi
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Satomi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D018194:Adenomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*