Neuronal intestinal dysplasia presenting as an abdominal mass: report of a case

Dis Colon Rectum. 1997 Jul;40(7):862-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02055447.

Abstract

An unusual clinical presentation of a patient with neuronal intestinal dysplasia is presented. A 46-year-old male noted a palpable mass in the right lower quadrant of his abdomen for two months. A computed axial tomographic scan showed a thickened wall of the cecum with a tumor-like appearance. The excised specimen consisted of a mass caused by the thickened, edematous wall of the dilated cecum and appendix. The wall of the cecum and appendix measured up to 2.5 and 0.8 cm, respectively, in thickness. Microscopic studies showed extensive hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the ganglia and nerve plexuses and hypertrophy of the muscularis propria, consistent with neuronal intestinal dysplasia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Appendix / innervation
  • Appendix / pathology
  • Cecal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Cecum / innervation*
  • Cecum / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enteric Nervous System / pathology
  • Ganglia / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Hypertrophy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Smooth / innervation
  • Muscle, Smooth / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed