Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões ()

Leiomioma perfurado do intestino delgado

  • Antonio Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Martins,
  • Carolina Martins,
  • Helio Flavio Faustino Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-69912004000200013
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 2
pp. 141 – 143

Abstract

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A perforated jejunal leiomyoma is a rare condition; only seven cases have been described in the literature. We report a case of a 45 years old man with a perforate acute abdomen. At laparotomy, a 12 cm multilobulated firm mass, located 20 cm distal from Treitz ligament, was removed. Histological sections disclosed a jejunal leiomyoma. The benign pattern of the lesion was confirmed with no mitosis and no atypical cellurarity. Five years later, the patient is free of the disease.

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