Jejunal schwannoma in neurofibromatosis: an unusual cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding
Autor: | Renzhi Zhou, Joel H Popkin, John Levey |
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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 |
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