Neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma of small bowel presenting as inflammatory bowel disease

Gut. 1986 Aug;27(8):964-9. doi: 10.1136/gut.27.8.964.

Abstract

We present the case of a rare hamartomatous condition of the small intestine clinically mimicking inflammatory bowel disease. Disorganised fascicles of smooth muscle derived from both muscularis mucosae and propria, bundles of non-myelinated nerve fibres with groups of abnormal ganglion cells, and haemangiomatous vessels were present within the submucosa of a long segment of small intestine causing subacute obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Crohn Disease / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hamartoma / diagnosis*
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Ileal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged