Diffuse ganglioneuromatosis with plexiform neurofibromas limited to the gastrointestinal tract involving a large segment of small intestine

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-267

  Hirata, Keiji ^a   Kitahara, Kohtaro ^a   Momosaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Kouho, Hiromi ^a   Nagata, Naoki ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Itoh, Hideaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffuse ganglioneuromatosis; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIb; Plexiform neurofibroma; von Recklinghausen's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GANGLIONEUROMA; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; MALE; MESENTERY; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GANGLIONEUROMA; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029869931     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02389528     Document Type: Article

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