1983 Volume 25 Issue 8 Pages 1254-1258_1
A 55-year-old female was admitted with complaints of severe epigastric pain and vomiting. Physical examination revealed a palpable mass with tenderness in the epigastrium. Upper GI series and endoscopic examinations revealed a submucosal tumorarising from the upper body of the stomach prolapsed into the duodenum . Resected specimen showed a smooth-surfaced, well-movable tumor, measuring 5.5×5.5×5.0 cm in size and weighing about 50 g. Histologically, it was diagnosed to be a leiomyoma. Nine cases of submucosal tumor including this one, which developed in the upper part of the stomach and prolapsed into the duodenum, have been reported in Japan. Clinical aspects of these cases were discussed in this paper.
