LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE SMALL-INTESTINE PRE SENTING AS LOWER DIGESTIVE-TRACT BLEEDING ONLY - BASED UPON 2 CASES

The authors report two cases of leiomyosarcoma of the small intestine revealed by lower and isolated digestive bleeding. In both cases, only the pelvic examinations by means of ultrasonography and/or CT scan ha ve shown a mass which corresponded to the small intestine tumor. The a uthors underlined the necessity of US and/or CT scan pelvic when faced with a lower digestive bleeding whose etiology cannot be determined b y the endoscopic or radiologic intestinal examinations.