[Smooth muscle tumors of digestive organs]

Incidence of the benign and malignant tumors of smooth muscles of the alimentary tract is relatively low. Both kinds of tumors cause haemorrhage, which often urges a prompt surgical intervention. The paper deals with the problems encountered in diagnosis and treatment of 20 patients with the above tumors, operated on at the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, University Medical Centre of Ljubljana, during the last decade.