Small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumours and ampullary cancer in Type 1 neurofibromatosis

World J Surg Oncol. 2004 Jan 7:2:1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-2-1.

Abstract

Background: Type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF-1) is an autosomal dominant disorder with variable penetrance; approximately 50% of cases present as new mutations

Case report: We report a case of a 56 year-old man with Von Recklinghausen's disease, carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater and incidental benign gastrointestinal stromal tumours of the jejunum.

Conclusions: Coexistence between ampullary carcinoid, ectopic pancreatic tissue in the jejunum and neurofibroma of the jejunum in NF-1 has been previously described however; the association of synchronous carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater and gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the jejunum in NF-1 has not been previously reported.