Watanuki F, Ohwada S, Hosomura Y, Okamura S, Kawashima Y, Tanahashi Y, Nakamura S, Iino Y, Johshita T, Morishita Y
Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
J Gastroenterol. 1995 Feb;30(1):113-6. doi: 10.1007/BF01211385.
Neurofibromas in the small intestine are usually accompanied by von Recklinghausen's disease (neurofibromatosis), and usually originate in the intramuscular plexus of Auerbach. We present here a solitary neurofibroma, which caused an ileocolic intussusception, originating in the submucosal plexus of Meissner in a non-neurofibromatosis patient. To our knowledge, there is no previous report of a neurofibroma originating in the plexus of Meissner. This condition was clearly confirmed by macroscopic and microscopic evaluation.
