Summary
Neurovascular and muscular hamartoma is an unusual benign neoplasm of the small intestine. The clinical and pathological features of this lesion, which we recently encountered in a 91-year-old male, are the subject of this report and are discussed in the context of previously described cases.
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Kwasnik, E.M., Tahan, S.R., Lowell, J.A. et al. Neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma of the small bowel. Digest Dis Sci 34, 108–110 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01536163
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