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Adenomyoma of the small intestine in an adult: Report of a case

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We report a case of adenomyoma in the small intestine, which is an extremely rare entity. An 81-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a history of three episodes of vomiting accompanied by abdominal pain. Upper gastrointestinal examination via a long tube found intestinal obstruction caused by a tumor of the small intestine. Laparotomy revealed a hard mass, 160 cm distal to the Treitz ligament. Pathological examinations of the resected tumor confi rmed a diagnosis of adenomyoma originating in the small intestine. To our knowledge, this is only the second report of an adenomyoma of small intestine causing intestinal obstruction in an adult.

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    Atsushi Tomibayashi, Shin Sasaki, Hiroshi Nakayama, Satomi Yoneyama & Toshiyuki Watanabe

  2. Department of Pathology, Omori Red Cross Hospital, 4-30-11 Chuo, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8527, Japan

    Toshiharu Ishii

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Tomibayashi, A., Sasaki, S., Nakayama, H. et al. Adenomyoma of the small intestine in an adult: Report of a case. Surg Today 41, 1101–1105 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-010-4413-y

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