DUODENAL LEIOMYOMA AS A RARE CAUSE OF GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN A NIGERIAN- CASE REPORT WITH PRESENTATION OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION

Authors

N. Nwude2, H. Ninalowo3, A. Rahman2, A. Oluyemi1

Correspondents

Dr. A. Oluyemi
ReMay Consultancy & Medical Services,
Ikeja, Lagos State,
Nigeria.
Email: remioluyemi@yahoo.com

Affiliation of Authors

ReMay Consultancy & Medical Services, Ikeja, Lagos State. Nigeria.
Evercare Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos State. Nigeria.
IRDOC Interventional Radiology Consulting Limited, Euracare Multispecialty Hospital, Victoria Island,
Lagos State. Nigeria

ABSTRACT

Findings from Nigerian pathological series have supported international reports about the rarity of the occurrence of duodenal leiomyomas. More recently, case reports from the country have detailed interventional radiological techniques being deployed successfully in the control of massive bleeding from the gastrointestinal system. The article seeks to document these rare elements coming together in a Lagos, Nigeria-based center in the case of bleeding duodenal leiomyoma in an elderly gentleman which was successfully controlled by selective transcatheter arterial embolization.

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