Abstract
Hamartomatous causes of small bowel obstructionare uncommon and of them, most are attributed to inflammatory bowel diseases and also certain medications such as NSAIDs. We describe a case of muscular hamartoma in a patient without prior chronic medical condition with brief review of literature.
Highlights
Mesenchymal hamartomas of Intestine are rare causes of Intestinal obstruction, first described by Fernando in 1982.1 Histologically, the unusual appearance and the presence of the mixed vascular, lymphatic, smooth muscular, and adipose tissue components in the identified lesion meets the principles implied in the concept of hamartoma.[2]
We present a case of hamartomatous lesion composed of muscular elements causing intestinal obstruction
The disorganized muscle bundles appeared to be arising from the muscularis mucosa
Summary
Paricha Upadhyaya,[1] Girishma Shrestha,[1] Smriti Karki,[1] Meenu Agarwal[1 1] Department of Pathology, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
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