The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

 

Volume 73 Number 8
December 2006		 back to contents
An Intraluminal Leiomyoma of the Small Intestine Causing Invagination and Obstruction: A Case Report 1079-1081
Oguzhan Sunamak, M.D.1, Ilhan Karabicak, M.D.1, Ismail Aydemir, M.D.1, Fatih Aydogan, M.D.1, Emel Guler, M.D.1, Serap Cetinkaya, M.D.2, and Mustafa Ugur Korman, M.D.2

Departments of 1General Surgery and 2Radiology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.

Address all correspondence to Ilhan Karabicak, M.D., Pediatric Liver Transplant, Box 1104, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6564; e-mail: ikarabicak@yahoo.com

Accepted for publication January 2006.

Abstract

Leiomyomas are mostly of benign character and are rarely seen in the gastrointestinal (GI) system. They represent one subgroup of a group of tumors known as gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Although rarely seen, they are symptomatic tumors, and they comprise 20–30 percent of all benign GI tumors. Diagnosis is difficult because of their rarity and the absence of specific symptoms.

This is a case report of intestinal leiomyoma in a patient who was suffering with GI obstruction for more than 5 months. The tumor was discovered only after the appearance of intestinal obstruction. The patient underwent laparotomy for ileus of unknown etiology. Leiomyoma was diagnosed by pathologic analysis.

Key Words

Leiomyoma, invagination, obstruction

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