Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumor (GANT) is extremely rare and considered a variant of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). GANT originates from the intestinal autonomic nervous system mostly of small intestine or the stomach. We report a colonic GANT diagnosed in a 5-year-old child who presented with abdominal pain and fever for a long period. Colonic resection and end to end anastomosis proved curative without the need of chemo-radiotherapy. Given the rarity of the tumor, the patient is on our long term follow-up.
Gastrointestinal Autonomic Nerve Tumor of the Colon: A Rare Cause of Persistent Abdominal Pain in a Child / Guanà, Riccardo; Teruzzi, Elisabetta; Garofalo, Salvatore; Morra, Isabella; Lemini, Riccardo; Schleef, Jürgen. - In: APSP JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2218-8185. - 7:1(2016), p. 8.
Titolo: | Gastrointestinal Autonomic Nerve Tumor of the Colon: A Rare Cause of Persistent Abdominal Pain in a Child | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 | |
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