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Small Intestinal Glomus Tumor as an Uncommon Cause of Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abstract

Yan Tan, Lan Liu, Guifang Yang, Qiu Zhao* and Yafei Zhang*

Gastrointestinal glomus tumours are rare and almost always occur in the stomach. Up to now, only a very few cases have been reported in small intestine. Here, we present the ninth case of small intestinal glomus tumour in English literature. The 30-year-old female was referred to our hospital with chief complaints of melena and fatigue. Oral balloon-assisted enteroscopy revealed a 2.0*2.0 cm mass in the jejunum. Partial enterectomy was then performed and postoperative pathology reported a benign glomus tumour. No further melena was observed and also no malignant transformation or recurrence was detected after surgery. In conclusion, together with the literature review, small intestinal glomus tumour is an extremely rare cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Early diagnosis and treatment are important to improve the prognosis since the potential risk of malignancy.