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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>5</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>29</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">A Patient With the Leiomyoma of the Cecum: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>35</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>38</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Najmeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Aletaha</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Imam khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Marziyeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ghalamkari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Hematology and Oncology, Imam khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Masoud</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sotoudeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Digestive Oncology Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Forough</FirstName>
        <LastName>Alborzi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Imam khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Naser</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ebrahimi Daryani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Imam khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Stromal or mesenchymal neoplasms affecting the gastrointestinal tract are relatively rare lesions. A far less common group of Gastrointestinal (GI) mesenchymal tumors is leiomyoma. Surgery is the mainstay treatment for leiomyoma. Complete endoscopic resection of the tumor could be challenging due to its submucosal origin. In this study, we reported a case of a 48-year-old woman with leiomyoma of the cecum, i.e. treated by endoscopic resection.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/279</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/download/279/349</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
