title: Calcified gastric leiomyoma--a case report.
abstract: A 62 year-old man was admitted with the chief complaint of a epigastric pain and difficulty of swallowing. Examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract revealed a calcified mass causing a smooth filling defect at the lesser curvature of the cardia. At laparotomy, a localized tumor was detected beneath the serosa of the stomach. The excised tumor was 4 x 4 x 1.6 cm and the pathological diagnosis was calcified leiomyoma probably due to cytoplasmic degeneration. In this paper, details of the case are described and the related literature is reviewed.
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002299:Cardia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*