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BANOS MADRID, R. et al. Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by small bowel leiomyosarcoma. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2006, vol.23, n.8, pp.385-386. ISSN 0212-7199.

The small bowel leiomiosarcoma is a infrequent tumour in the clinical practice.We report the case of a 50 year old male admitted to the hospital on two occasions for gastrointestinal bleeding. On the second ocassion a push enteroscopy located in jejunum a tumour. The pathologic diagnosis was a low grade jejunal leiomyosarcoma. The patient required a surgical intervention with resection of the affected portion of the jejunum.

Palabras clave : Gastrointestinal bleeding; Small bowel leiomyosarcoma.

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