Open AccessSolitary colonic neurofibroma in a patient with transient segmental colitis: Case report
Author(s) -
Vasilios Panteris
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i35.5573
Subject(s) - neurofibroma , medicine , bloody diarrhea , neurofibromatosis , gastroenterology , diarrhea , colitis , inflammatory bowel disease , ulcerative colitis , disease , pathology , plexiform neurofibroma
Neurofibromas of the large bowel are very rare and usually are part of the colonic involvement in neurofibromatosis type 1 (Nf1, von Recklinghausen's disease). Solitary neurofibromas of the colon are extremely rare. We describe a case of an isolated neurofibroma that was found in the large bowel of a patient who suffered from segmental colitis and presented with bloody diarrhea. A review of the literature is also included, concerning the disclosure of isolated neurofibromas in the gut and other body parts and the type of gastrointestinal involvement in von Recklinghausen's disease.