摘要
We report a case of a 7-year-old child who required emergency surgery for ac ute abdomen and suspected acute appendicitis. During surgery a tumor located in the small bowel that caused intestinal occlusion was found. Histopathologic anal ysis showed a solitary gastrointestinal myofibroma. This is a very rare tumor, e specially as a single lesion, because in world literature, there are less than 1 0 cases reported.
We report a case of a 7-year-old child who required emergency surgery for ac ute abdomen and suspected acute appendicitis. During surgery a tumor located in the small bowel that caused intestinal occlusion was found. Histopathologic anal ysis showed a solitary gastrointestinal myofibroma. This is a very rare tumor, e specially as a single lesion, because in world literature, there are less than 1 0 cases reported.
