DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i05.010

Pages: 503-505

Leiomyomas are benign tumors that develop in the small bowel, either in the inside or outside of the lumen or the bowel wall. They tend to occur at an age range around fifty years old, although they could occur at all ages, independent of gender. The diagnosis is often late due to the vague clinical manifestations which include: digestive hemorrhage, intestinal occlusion or abdominal mass. The diagnosis is confirmed by an immunohistochemical analysis of the tissue and the positive CD117 markers. The treatment is the surgical excision of the tumor. This study evolves around the case of a 25-year-old patient presenting with an ileum leiomyoma, including the clinical description, diagnosis, treatment and anatomopathology description. What motivated this work is the rarity of leiomymas cases and the difficultly of diagnosis.