[Nonchromaffin neurogenic tumors of the intestinal tract. A report of 2 cases and their relation to von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis]

F J del Pino Porres; P Riesgo Suárez; P L Boils Arroyo; M A Morcillo Ródenas; V Vicent Carsi; F Carbonell Tatay; C Herrero Bernabéu; S Sancho Fornos

[Nonchromaffin neurogenic tumors of the intestinal tract. A report of 2 cases and their relation to von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis]

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1991 Jan;79(1):46-9.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

F J del Pino Porres¹, P Riesgo Suárez, P L Boils Arroyo, M A Morcillo Ródenas, V Vicent Carsi, F Carbonell Tatay, C Herrero Bernabéu, S Sancho Fornos

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital General La Fe, Valencia.

PMID: 1851624

Abstract

Two patients with neurogenic gastrointestinal tumors are reported. One of them was a gangliocytic paraganglioma of the duodenum. The second one, a jejunal tumors in a patient with Von Recklinghausen's disease (ganglioneuroma). The neural crest origin of these tumours is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy
Duodenal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Duodenal Neoplasms / pathology
Duodenum / pathology
Female
Ganglioneuroma / diagnosis*
Ganglioneuroma / pathology
Humans
Jejunal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Jejunal Neoplasms / pathology
Jejunum / pathology
Male
Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnosis*
Neurofibromatosis 1 / pathology
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / diagnosis*
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / pathology