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World J Clin Cases. Oct 6, 2018; 6(11): 455-458
Published online Oct 6, 2018. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i11.455
Published online Oct 6, 2018. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i11.455
Neurofibroma discharged from the anus with stool: A case report and review of literature
Yu Miao, Department of Gastroenterology, Jingjiang People’s Hospital, Jingjiang, Taizhou 214500, Jiangsu Province, China
Jian-Jiang Wang, Zhi-Ming Chen, Jia-Lian Zhu, Mu-Bin Wang, Sheng-Qiang Cai, Department of General Surgery, Jingjiang People’s Hospital, Jingjiang, Taizhou 214500, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Cai SQ, Miao Y and Wang JJ designed the report; Chen ZM, Zhu JL, Wang MB collected the patient’s clinical data; Wang MB and Cai SQ analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
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Correspondence to: Sheng-Qiang Cai, MD, Doctor, Department of General Surgery, Jingjiang People’s Hospital, 28 Zhongzhou Road, Jingjiang, Taizhou 214500, Jiangsu Province, China. jjcaisqys@sina.com
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Received: June 5, 2018
Peer-review started: June 5, 2018
First decision: July 3, 2018
Revised: July 17, 2018
Accepted: August 11, 2018
Article in press: August 11, 2018
Published online: October 6, 2018
Peer-review started: June 5, 2018
First decision: July 3, 2018
Revised: July 17, 2018
Accepted: August 11, 2018
Article in press: August 11, 2018
Published online: October 6, 2018
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Case characteristics
The unique character and only clinical symptom of this particular case is that the patient presented with a month-long history of abdominal pain after meals and a lump discharged from intestine with stool without any blood on it.
Clinical diagnosis
Ileocecal neoplasia.
Differential diagnosis
Appendicitis, cholecystitis, gastroenteritis, colon cancer, and bowel obstruction.
Imaging diagnosis
Ileocecal neoplasia.
Pathological diagnosis
Ileocecal neurofibroma.
Treatment
Ileocecectomy with primary anastomosis.