2003 Volume 64 Issue 10 Pages 2450-2453
A 41-year-old man seen elsewhere for hematemesis, was found is gastrointestinal endoscope to have a hemorrhagic ulcer in the upper posterior wall of the stomach. Bleeding was stopped using a endoscopic clip. Two days later, he was sent our hospital and treated conservatively, but his ulcer bled again. We stopped bleeding endoscopically. We had conducted gastrointestinal endscopy 6 years ago in this man and pointed out a submucosal tumor at the same site. We consider tumor resection necessary for stopping bleeding permanently, and conducted partial gastrectomy. The tumor was diagnosed pathologically as myoepithelial hamartoma.
Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association)
