Simultaneous involvement of the jejunum and the colon by type-1 neurofibromatosis

Scand J Gastroenterol. 1999 Mar;34(3):331-4. doi: 10.1080/00365529950173780.

Abstract

Type-1 neurofibromatosis (NF-1) or Von Recklinghausen disease is an autosomal dominant hereditary condition that may affect the gastrointestinal tract in 25% of cases and which takes three main forms: ganglioneuromatosis, stromal tumors, and tumors in the duodenum and periampullar region. Not infrequently, these patients present with gastrointestinal bleeding. We present the case of a 48-year-old patient diagnosed as having NF-1, with relapsing episodes of gastrointestinal hemorrhage, in which we discovered the simultaneous presence of a stromal tumor in the jejunum together with polypoid and diffuse ganglioneuromatosis in the colon.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colon / pathology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / complications
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Ganglioneuroma / complications
  • Ganglioneuroma / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / complications
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Jejunum / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / pathology*