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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963459
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Acute Abdominal Pain Caused by Spontaneous Hemorrhagic Infarction of a Solitary Plexiform Neurofibroma of Lesser Omentum
Akute Abdominalschmerzen als Folge eines hämorrhagischen Infarkts eines solitären Neurofibroms des Omentum minusPublication History
manuscript received: 1.5.2007
manuscript accepted: 26.7.2007
Publication Date:
07 April 2008 (online)

Zusammenfassung
Eine 32-jährige Patientin kam zur Notaufnahme infolge plötzlich aufgetretener Abdominalschmerzen. Diese wurden auf einen hämorrhagischen Infarkt eines plexiformen Neuroms im Omenturn minus zurückgeführt. Bis dahin waren keine anderen Anzeichen einer von Recklinghausen'schen Krankheit (Neurofibromatose) festgestellt worden. Der Tumor in Gestalt eines sporadischen plexiformen Neurofibroms kommt im Verdauungstrakt nur selten vor. Die Diagnose wurde mittels operativer Exploration gestellt und der Tumor vollständig reserziert. Nachfolgend beschreiben wir einen seltenen Fall eines sporadischen intraabdominalen plexiformen Neurofibroms und besprechen die klinischen Charakteristika und die Behandlung des plexiformen Neurofibroms
Abstract
A 32-year-old female patient visited the emergency room because of sudden onset of abdominal pain, which was found to be induced by hemorrhagic infarction of a plexiform neurofibroma arising from the lesser omentum. No other classic clinical characteristics of systemic von Recklinghausen’s disease had been seen up until now. The tumor, classified as sporadic plexiform neurofibroma, rarely occurs in the digestive tract. This diagnosis was confirmed by exploratory laparotomy with complete resection of the tumor. Here, we describe the rare case of a sporadic intra-abdominal plexiform neurofibroma and discuss the clinical characteristics and management of plexiform neurofibroma.
Schlüsselwörter
akuter Abdominalschmerz - plexiformes Neurofibrom - Omentum minus - Computertomografie (CT) - hämorrhagischer Infarkt
Key words
acute abdominal pain - plexiform neurofibroma - omentum - computed tomography (CT) - hemorrhagic infarction
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