[Gastric leiomyoma (presentation of 3 clinical cases)]

Gastric leiomyoma represents a rather rare report in abdominal surgery, above all because it very often shows no symptoms. Among the non-epithelial gastric neoplasms, it occupies the second place after lymphoma. After describing its anatomo-pathological aspects and clinical features, the authors report their casuistry, including three observations of such neoplasm, and point out that both the endoscopic inspection and the bioptic abstraction, contextually performed, were not so useful in formulating a sure preoperative diagnosis.