TY  - JOUR
T1  - SUccessfully resected leiomyoma of jejunum in a newborn
AU  - BREUDER AB, MINTZ AR, SCHWARZ HJ, STAGE ED
Y1  - 1959/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320060157025
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of Surgery
SP  - 969
EP  - 971
VL  - 78
IS  - 6
N2  - Leiomyomas of the small intestine in the adult are not common but are occasionally encountered. The literature has been reviewed by Golden and Stout1; Morton, Stabins, and Morton2; Starr and Dockerty3; Straus and O'Kane4; Cherry and Hill,5 and Eckel.6 Pennino and Abbene7 have described a case of a leiomyosarcoma in a 7-month-old infant; they believe that the leiomyoma can become malignant. Roth and Farinacci8 report a case of a leiomyosarcoma in a newborn infant.As far as we know, this is the first case of a successfully resected leiomyoma of the jejunum in a newborn infant to be reported. Leiomyomas are benign tumors, and, according to Andersen,9 most benign tumors in children are malformations. Yet one might wonder whether the hamartomatous leiomyoma is not a precursor of the malignant variety; such an assumption supports the congenital anlage theory (Cohnheim-Ribbert).Report of 
    
SN  - 0096-6908
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320060157025
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320060157025
ER  -