Jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisis
A case of jejunal adenomyoma in an infant, found during exploratory surgery for feeding intolerance, is described. A review of the literature reveals only one other reported case of pediatric jejunal adenomyoma. Awareness of these benign lesions in this location is important to ensure full evaluatio...
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| Series: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports |
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| author | Amy R. Copeland Hanlin L. Wang Howard C. Jen |
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| description | A case of jejunal adenomyoma in an infant, found during exploratory surgery for feeding intolerance, is described. A review of the literature reveals only one other reported case of pediatric jejunal adenomyoma. Awareness of these benign lesions in this location is important to ensure full evaluation of the bowel to identify sites of intraluminal obstruction which may contribute to intolerance of enteral nutrition. Keywords: Adenomyoma, Myoepithelial hamartoma, Choristoma |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ced329860606499f89aa1af0d83fa8b52022-12-22T01:35:53ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662018-06-01332022Jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisisAmy R. Copeland0Hanlin L. Wang1Howard C. Jen2Department of Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; Corresponding author.Department of Pathology, UCLA Medical Center, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USADepartment of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USAA case of jejunal adenomyoma in an infant, found during exploratory surgery for feeding intolerance, is described. A review of the literature reveals only one other reported case of pediatric jejunal adenomyoma. Awareness of these benign lesions in this location is important to ensure full evaluation of the bowel to identify sites of intraluminal obstruction which may contribute to intolerance of enteral nutrition. Keywords: Adenomyoma, Myoepithelial hamartoma, Choristomahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576618300484 |
| spellingShingle | Amy R. Copeland Hanlin L. Wang Howard C. Jen Jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisis Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports |
| title | Jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisis |
| title_full | Jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisis |
| title_fullStr | Jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisis |
| title_short | Jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisis |
| title_sort | jejunal adenomyoma in an infant with gastroschisis |
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