Severe Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to a Gastric Glomus Tumor: A Case Report
Abstract
Glomus tumors are rare mesenchymal tumors usually located in the skin or subcutaneously, most often benign, however they can exceptionally be of gastric location appearing in the intramuscular layer, and generally present in the form of a solitary submucosal nodule in the antral and pyloric region. We report the case of a 36-year-old patient who consulted the surgical emergency department for severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding associated with abundant melena evolving for 3 days due to a glomus tumor of gastric location and effectively treated by an atypical gastrectomy following an exploratory laparotomy performed in emergency whose origin could not be specified by endoscopic explorations.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Soft tissue tumors and treatment
Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment
Publication details
- Journal / source
- SAR Journal of Medical Case Reports
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 01
- Pages
- 1–4
- Publication date
- 20 February 2026
- Language
- EN