Small intestinal myxoma presented with bowel obstruction, a rare case report.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Myxomas are rare benign mesenchymal neoplasms and mostly occur in cardiac atrium and with lower prevalence, appear in sinonasal tract, gnathic bone, skin and joints. Benign primary tumors of the small intestine are quite unusual accounting about 3% of all the gastrointestinal tract neoplasms. PRESENTATION OF CASE In this report, we present a rare case of small intestinal myxoma in a 43-year-old man complicated by ileoileal intussusception causing bowel obstruction. The patient underwent segmental resection of small bowel and the histopathologic evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of small intestinal myxoma. DISCUSSION: Among benign primary neoplasms of small bowel, Solitary intestinal myxomas are extremely rare mostly locate in submucosal layer of gastric, small bowel and rarely in cecum. To our knowledge only 9 cases of small bowel myxoma is reported in the literature so far. CONCLUSION: This case report aware surgeons and pathologists about rare occurrence of intestinal myxomas as a differential diagnosis of intussusception.