Abstract

FLORES DELGADO, Enrique Adrián  and  FLORES MIRANDA, Enrique. Mesenteric neurofibroma seen in a patient without Von Recklinghausen´disease. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2016, vol.55, n.4, pp. 325-333. ISSN 1561-2945.

Neurofibromas are benign tumors of the nervous system that can be solitary or multiple, the neurofibromatosis or Recklinghausen's disease. In general, these tumors are soft, non-encapsulated, more frequent in soft parts of the body and infrequent in the digestive system. The objective of the present paper was to present a female patient with mesenteric neurofibroma and without Von Recklinghausen disease. Here is a 41 years-old female patient who was admitted to the hospital because she suffered abdominal pain and a palpable tumor at the region between left flank and hypochondrium. The imaging studies revealed a mesenteric cyst, which was confirmed in surgery. The tumor was classified as a benign cyst neurofibroma by pathological anatomy and finally removed. The mesenteric neurofibroma is a tumor that can be found in patients without Von Recklinghausen disease.

Keywords : small bowel tumor; neurofibromatosis; Von Recklinghausen disease.

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