Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the caecum in a patient with neurofibromatosis.

INTRODUCTION

Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the large intestine is uncommon. To our knowledge, this condition has not been reported in a patient with neurofibromatosis.

CLINICAL PICTURE: In this report, a 66-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis was found to have a large polyp in the caecum.

TREATMENT: Right hemicolectomy was performed because of the size of the polyp.

OUTCOME: Pathological examination showed that the polyp was an inflammatory fibroid polyp.

CONCLUSION

Clinicians should be aware that inflammatory fibroid polyps could be one of the many manifestations of neurofibromatosis in the gastrointestinal tract.