Gastric Glomus Tumor: A Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

A 24-year-old woman was referred to our department because of melena. These symptoms combined with severe anemia prompted us to perform an emergency upper endoscopy, which showed bleeding from an ulcerated 30 mm submucosal tumor in the gastric antrum. A computed tomography scan revealed a homogeneou...

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Main Authors: Yoshinori Handa, Mikihiro Kano, Mayumi Kaneko, Naoki Hirabayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/193684
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