Isolated neurofibromas that affect the gastrointestinal tract are rare and almost always manifest as neurofibro-matosis type 1 or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 b. In this paper, we present a case of a 24--year--...Isolated neurofibromas that affect the gastrointestinal tract are rare and almost always manifest as neurofibro-matosis type 1 or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 b. In this paper, we present a case of a 24--year--old female with abdominal pain who discharged a neurofibroma in her stool without any blood on it. A colonoscopy showed multiple small polyps in the sigmoid colon and a nodule in the ileocecus. The pathology results and the immunohistochemical stains of the removed neoplasm from the ileocecus confirmed the diagnosis was a bowel neurofibroma. We report a rare case of ileocecal neurofibroma due to the patient's affected gastrointestinal tract, without any associated systemic syndrome other than a neurofibroma discharged in the stool.展开更多
文摘Isolated neurofibromas that affect the gastrointestinal tract are rare and almost always manifest as neurofibro-matosis type 1 or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 b. In this paper, we present a case of a 24--year--old female with abdominal pain who discharged a neurofibroma in her stool without any blood on it. A colonoscopy showed multiple small polyps in the sigmoid colon and a nodule in the ileocecus. The pathology results and the immunohistochemical stains of the removed neoplasm from the ileocecus confirmed the diagnosis was a bowel neurofibroma. We report a rare case of ileocecal neurofibroma due to the patient's affected gastrointestinal tract, without any associated systemic syndrome other than a neurofibroma discharged in the stool.
