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We present five cases with gastro (four cases) and intestinal (one case) myogenic tumors with a marked extraluminal growth. In all cases, incidental discovery of an asymptomatic mass prompted further examination. One of three cases with a pedunculated growth mimicked a gallbladder cancer. The mass of a jejunal leiomyoma case changed markedly in location under probe compression. Color Doppler sonography confirmed not only the hypervascular nature of the mass but also feeding and draining vessels.
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Ishida, H., Konno, K., Hamashima, Y. et al. Sonographic and color Doppler findings of gastrointestinal myogenic tumors with a marked extraluminal growth. Abdom Imaging 23, 496–501 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900386
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