Miao Y, Wang JJ, Chen ZM, Zhu JL, Wang MB, Cai SQ. Neurofibroma discharged from the anus with stool: A case report and review of literature. World J Clin Cases 2018; 6(11): 455-458 [PMID: 30294610 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i11.455]
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Sheng-Qiang Cai, MD, Doctor, Department of General Surgery, Jingjiang People’s Hospital, 28 Zhongzhou Road, Jingjiang, Taizhou 214500, Jiangsu Province, China. jjcaisqys@sina.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Case Report
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Yu Miao, Department of Gastroenterology, Jingjiang People’s Hospital, Jingjiang, Taizhou 214500, Jiangsu Province, China
Jian-Jiang Wang, Zhi-Ming Chen, Jia-Lian Zhu, Mu-Bin Wang, Sheng-Qiang Cai, Department of General Surgery, Jingjiang People’s Hospital, Jingjiang, Taizhou 214500, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Cai SQ, Miao Y and Wang JJ designed the report; Chen ZM, Zhu JL, Wang MB collected the patient’s clinical data; Wang MB and Cai SQ analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
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Correspondence to: Sheng-Qiang Cai, MD, Doctor, Department of General Surgery, Jingjiang People’s Hospital, 28 Zhongzhou Road, Jingjiang, Taizhou 214500, Jiangsu Province, China. jjcaisqys@sina.com
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Received: June 5, 2018 Peer-review started: June 5, 2018 First decision: July 3, 2018 Revised: July 17, 2018 Accepted: August 11, 2018 Article in press: August 11, 2018 Published online: October 6, 2018 Processing time: 116 Days and 1 Hours
Abstract
Isolated neurofibromas that affect the gastrointestinal tract are rare and almost always manifest as neurofibromatosis type 1 or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b. 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.
Core tip: Neurofibromas of the gastrointestinal tract are rare, and various types have been previously reported. However, to our knowledge, this is the first report of a neurofibroma discharged from the patient’s intestine with stool without any other associated systemic syndromes.
