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Solitary infantile gastrointestinal myofibroma: case report.

Menéndez-Arzac R, Valdez-Méndez D, Landa R, Guzmán S, Cárdenas E, Cano AM

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital General Dr Manuel Gea Gonzalez, México City, Mexico. rmenendez@prodigy.net.mx

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.

Published 5 August 2005 in J Pediatr Surg, 40(8): 1361-3.
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