Menéndez-Arzac Rodrigo, Valdez-Méndez David, Landa Rodolfo, Guzmán Sonia, Cárdenas Eduardo, Cano Ana Maria
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital General Dr Manuel Gea Gonzalez, México City, Mexico.
J Pediatr Surg. 2005 Aug;40(8):1361-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.05.031.
We report a case of a 7-year-old child who required emergency surgery for acute abdomen and suspected acute appendicitis. During surgery a tumor located in the small bowel that caused intestinal occlusion was found. Histopathologic analysis showed a solitary gastrointestinal myofibroma. This is a very rare tumor, especially as a single lesion, because in world literature, there are less than 10 cases reported.