Gastric haemorrhage in a patient with neurofibromatosis. A case report.
A 54-year-old woman with upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage, neurofibromatosis and an underlying schwannoma of the stomach is presented. Gastroscopy and barium meal examination revealed the presence of a submucosal gastric tumour with overlying ulceration. A Billroth II gastrectomy was performed with complete excision of the tumour; histologically this was revealed as a schwannoma of undetermined biological activity.
D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications