Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type 1, also known as von Recklinghausen disease, is an inherited neurocutaneous disorder with gastrointestinal involvement in 5-25% of the patients, which develops following cutaneous manifestations. Only 5% have symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, palpable mass, bleeding, obstruction or intestinal perforation. There is an increased risk of developing digestive malignancies, frequently in the small bowel. The following report presents the case of a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1, with the diagnosis of a jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor and a fibroid inflammatory polyp in the context of gastrointestinal bleeding.

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