Preoperative angiographic diagnosis of small bowel leiomyomas.
Two patients with gastrointestinal (GI) tract bleeding underwent preoperative selective visceral arteriography that demonstrated small-bowel tumors compatible with leiomyoma. A review of the material indicates that 42% of patients with small-bowel leiomyomas also have GI tract bleeding. Arteriography is valuable in obtaining a preoperative diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male