Gastric Angiomyolipoma Masquerading as Gastric Malignancy

Gastric angiomyolipoma (AML) is extremely rare, with only 3 cases reported in English literature, all of which presented with upper gastrointestinal bleed, either in the form of hematemesis or melena. A 42-year-old man presented with upper gastrointestinal bleed, the source of which was found to be...

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Published inACG case reports journal Vol. 5; no. 1; p. e96
Main Authors Achutha Ail, Divya, Rachel Paulose, Roopa, Kalitha, Abhijit, Jojo, Annie, G, Unnikrishnan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2018
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Summary:Gastric angiomyolipoma (AML) is extremely rare, with only 3 cases reported in English literature, all of which presented with upper gastrointestinal bleed, either in the form of hematemesis or melena. A 42-year-old man presented with upper gastrointestinal bleed, the source of which was found to be a large mass in the stomach, which was shown histologically to be gastric AML. This is the fourth but largest tumor (9 × 6 × 5 cm) to be reported to date.
ISSN:2326-3253
2326-3253
DOI:10.14309/02075970-201805000-00096