A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report

A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report

Stromal or mesenchymal neoplasms affecting the gastrointestinal tract are relatively rare lesions. A far less common group of Gastrointestinal (GI) mesenchymal tumors is leiomyoma. Surgery is the mainstay treatment for leiomyoma. Complete endoscopic resection of the tumor could be challenging due t...

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Main Authors: najmeh aletaha, marziyeh ghalamkari, Masoud Sotoudeh, Forough Alborzi, Naser Ebrahimi Daryani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Clinical Practice
Subjects:
Leiomyoma
Cecum
Endoscopic resection
Online Access:https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/279
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spelling doaj-42f38cbc27ef4bceb6e27099c5dc51942020-11-25T04:12:04ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesCase Reports in Clinical Practice2538-26832538-26912020-08-015210.18502/crcp.v5i2.3837A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Reportnajmeh aletaha0marziyeh ghalamkari1Masoud Sotoudeh2Forough Alborzi3Naser Ebrahimi Daryani4Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Imam khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Hematology and Oncology, Imam khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Digestive Oncology Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Imam khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Imam khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Stromal or mesenchymal neoplasms affecting the gastrointestinal tract are relatively rare lesions. A far less common group of Gastrointestinal (GI) mesenchymal tumors is leiomyoma. Surgery is the mainstay treatment for leiomyoma. Complete endoscopic resection of the tumor could be challenging due to its submucosal origin. In this study, we reported a case of a 48-year-old woman with leiomyoma of the cecum, i.e. treated by endoscopic resection. https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/279LeiomyomaCecumEndoscopic resection
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author najmeh aletaha
marziyeh ghalamkari
Masoud Sotoudeh
Forough Alborzi
Naser Ebrahimi Daryani
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marziyeh ghalamkari
Masoud Sotoudeh
Forough Alborzi
Naser Ebrahimi Daryani
A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report
Case Reports in Clinical Practice
Leiomyoma
Cecum
Endoscopic resection
author_facet najmeh aletaha
marziyeh ghalamkari
Masoud Sotoudeh
Forough Alborzi
Naser Ebrahimi Daryani
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title A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report
title_short A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report
title_full A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report
title_fullStr A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report
title_sort patient with the leiomyoma of the cecum: a case report
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Case Reports in Clinical Practice
issn 2538-2683
2538-2691
publishDate 2020-08-01
description Stromal or mesenchymal neoplasms affecting the gastrointestinal tract are relatively rare lesions. A far less common group of Gastrointestinal (GI) mesenchymal tumors is leiomyoma. Surgery is the mainstay treatment for leiomyoma. Complete endoscopic resection of the tumor could be challenging due to its submucosal origin. In this study, we reported a case of a 48-year-old woman with leiomyoma of the cecum, i.e. treated by endoscopic resection.
topic Leiomyoma
Cecum
Endoscopic resection
url https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/279
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