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Mam Chandra

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Gastric schwannoma presenting as gastric polyp with gastrointestinal bleeding.

Benign neurogenic tumors of stomach are the commonest of all nonepithelial tumors of the stomach, but solitary gastric schwannomas are rare. We report a 58-year-old man with gastric schwannoma presenting as fundal polyp and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Endoscopic polypectomy was done.

Diagnosis, Differential↗

Massive bleeding from duodenal diverticulum.

Duodenal diverticula are commonly located in the second part of the duodenum and are usually asymptomatic. We report a 45-year-old man with massive bleeding from a duodenal diverticulum located beyond the second part of the duodenum. The diverticulum was excised, and the patient. has remained asymptomatic over the next 12 months.

Diverticulum↗