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Jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumour revealed by massive haematemesis (April 2023 [2])

Published: 04/05/2023

Authors: Ahmed Tlili, Ahmed Bouzid, Sami Fendri, Haitham Rejab and Salah Boujelben

A 56-year-old male experienced massive haematemesis for 2 days. Neither oesophagogastroduodenal endoscopy nor colonoscopy demonstrated a cause. An urgent abdominal computed tomography scan showed active jejunal bleeding. At explorative laparotomy, a large jejunal GIST was found.