DUODENAL LEIOMYOMA AS A RARE CAUSE OF GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN A NIGERIAN- CASE REPORT WITH PRESENTATION OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION.

Abstract

Findings from Nigerian pathological series have supported international reports about the rarity of the occurrence of duodenal leiomyomas. More recently, case reports from the country have detailed interventional radiological techniques being deployed successfully in the control of massive bleeding from the gastrointestinal system. The article seeks to document these rare elements coming together in a Lagos, Nigeria-based center in the case of bleeding duodenal leiomyoma in an elderly gentleman which was successfully controlled by selective transcatheter arterial embolization.