Jejunal schwannoma in neurofibromatosis: an unusual cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding

Autor: Renzhi Zhou, Joel H Popkin, John Levey
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: The American journal of gastroenterology. 94(1)
ISSN: 0002-9270
Popis: Small intestinal schwannomas are exceedingly rare tumors arising mainly from Schwann cells of Auerbach's plexus, and are usually solitary and asymptomatic. We report the first case of a jejunal schwannoma causing life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE