[Tumors of the digestive muscles. Diagnosis and treatment apropos of 10 cases].

Ten cases of digestive tract muscle tumours emphasized the difficulty in preoperative diagnosis. CT scan gave the best results by visualizing the tumour in all the cases but one. In this case jejunal localization of a small tumour was made by arteriography. In gastric and duodenal localizations, the endoscopic aspect was not particularly specific and too superficial biopsies were always negative. The prognosis depends on pathology results but the distinction between malignancy and benign tumours is not always easy to make. The course of the disease is often needed to correct an erroneous initial diagnosis of benign tumour underscoring the need for careful follow-up.