Adenomyoma of the Small Intestine in a Child, A Case Report

摘要

Adenomyoma is a tumor including components derived from glands and muscle. The main position of Adeomyoma occurrence is the stomach and the second most frequent location is the small bowel, usually in the periampullary area, and its occurrence in the small intestine distal to the duodenum is very rare. A 9 years old male patients admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The patient underwent surgery with acute appendicitis diagnosis. In addition to the inflammation of the appendix, a 3 cm nodule within 150 cm of ileocecal valve without any adhesion to the surrounding tissues was observed during the surgery. Our histopathological findings of this patients did not show goblet cells in all part of lesion. Adenomyom of ileum is rare disorder and the location of this lesion was not reported before.