title: Ileal ganglioneuromatosis with adenocarcinoma in a patient with multiple neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Von Recklinghausen's disease or type 1 neurofibromatosis is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by mucocutaneous neurofibromas, café-au-lait spots and involves many organs including gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal involvement in neurofibromatosis is uncommon and is seen 25% patients and nearly 5% of them are only symptomatic (Shekitka and Sobin, Am J Surg Pathol 18:250-257, 1994; Tomita et al., Int J Colorectal Dis 21: 89-91, 2006).
authors.affiliation: PVS Memorial Hospital, Cochin, Kerala India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: Mathew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.forename: Pushpa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mahadevan