Smooth muscle tumour is a considerable cause of upper gastro-intestinal bleeding

ABSTRACT

Smooth muscle [SMT] of gastro-intestinal tract [GIT] is rare. Among GIT bleeding cases treated over the last 3 years, five of them had SMT, out of them 3 had leiomyoma and the other 2 had leiomyoblastoma. Bleeding was mainly a sequela of ulceration of the overlying mucosa. On dealing with a case of GIT bleeding, SMT should be considered as cause on studying the etiology to direct the effort to the proper line of treatment