Isolated colonic neurofibroma manifested by massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding and intussusception

• Published in: Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 90; no. 9; pp. 952 - 954
• Main Authors: ABRAMSON, L. P, ORKIN, B. A, SCHWARTZ, A. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.09.1997
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Colectomy; Colonic Diseases - etiology; Colonic Neoplasms - complications; Colonic Polyps - complications; Fatal Outcome; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology; Humans; Intussusception - etiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neurofibroma - complications; Postoperative Complications; Prolapse; Rectum - pathology; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - etiology; Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus; Tumors; Human; Nervous system diseases; Intussusception; Cardiovascular disease; Gastrointestinal; Hemorrhage; Colonic disease; Vascular disease; Case study; Central nervous system disease; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Benign neoplasm; Colon; Gastric disease; Neurofibroma
• ISSN: 0038-4348; 1541-8243
• DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199709000-00020

We report a case of rare solitary neurofibroma of the transverse colon in a patient without neurofibromatosis. The patient was found to have an intussuscepting tumor prolapsing transanally, with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding. This case represents only the second documented report of an isolated colonic neurofibroma.