Laparoscopic Surgery for Neurofibroma of the Colon: Report of a Case

Takashi Nonaka, Yoshihito Shibata, Kazuo Tou, Seiji Honjyou, Shinji Naitou* and Tadayuki Oka

Department of Surgery and Department of Pathology*, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center

We report a rare case of solitary neurofibroma of the descending colon. A 71-year-old man admitted for submucosal tumor of the descending colon was found in endoscopic studies to have a semicircular submucosal tumor with a central pit in the descending colon. Neither intraluminal ultrasonography or enhanced computed tomography indicated this tumor. Based on findings, we conducted laparoscopy assisted colectomy, histologically, the tumor of the descending colon had no capsule or border. Based on immunohistochemical studies, the tumor was definitively diagnosed as neurofibroma.

Key words
neurofibroma, colon, laparoscopic surgery

Reprint requests
Takashi Nonaka National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center
2436 Shimosyuku, Ureshino-cho, Ureshino, 843-0301 JAPAN

Accepted
September 26, 2007

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