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INFARCATION OF A JEJUNAL LEIOMYOMA PRESENTING AS AN ACUTE ABDOMEN
Author(s) -
Cox M. R.,
James D. T.,
Hunt R. F.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1992.tb05359.x
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyoma , jejunum , acute abdomen , abdomen , small intestine , infarction , bowel infarction , general surgery , radiology , myocardial infarction
Leiomyomata of the small intestine are rare benign tumours of the small intestine that usually present with gastrointestinal bleeding, vague abdominal pains or small bowel obstruction. A case is reported of a patient who presented with an acute abdomen due to infarction of a leiomyoma of the proximal jejunum.