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Epithelioid leiomyoma (Leiomyoblastoma) of the stomach

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Two instances of gastric epithelioid leiomyoma (leiomyoblastoma) are reported, causing life threatening gastrointestinal haemorrhage in two elderly female patients. The surgical treatment, pathology and prognostic difficulties are presented.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Cork Regional Hospital, Ireland

    M. B. Kelleher, G. C. O’Sullivan & W. F. Kealy

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  1. M. B. Kelleher
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Kelleher, M.B., O’Sullivan, G.C. & Kealy, W.F. Epithelioid leiomyoma (Leiomyoblastoma) of the stomach. I.J.M.S. 153, 137–139 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02939877

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