Neurofibroma

Clinical

•           Arise from Aurbach’s plexis in subserosa

•           Sites (in order of frequency) - jejunum, stomach, ileum, colon, mesentery

•           Usually single

•           Multiple small bowel neurofibromas occur in 25% of patients with von Recklinghausen’s disease (neurofibromatosis type I, autosomal dominant)

Radiological

•           Smooth, rounded, sessile or pedunculated masses

•           May ulcerate (target lesion)

•           Multiple neurofibromas - eccentrically aligned along one border (antimesenteric)