The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2003 , Vol 45 , Num 4
Adenomyoma of the small intestine in children: a rare cause of intussusception A case report

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Department of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Histopathology Laboratory, General Hospital "G. Gennimatas", Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

Adenomyomas are hamartomas of the alimentary tract with exceptionally rare localization at the ileum. The case presented here concerns an infant aged 18 months suffering from adenomyoma of the ileum, which was responsible for the development of ileoileac intussusception. Our paper aims at underlining the particularities of this extremely rare entity, while adding the 13th case reported to the international bibliographic references.

Keywords : adenomyoma myoepithelial hamartoma children intussusception
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