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This paper presents a case of schwannoma of the jejunum that was found by an opportunity of melena. A 71-year-old woman who had been coming to the hospital was found to have melena and anemia. She was also found to have a gastric ulcer, so the focus was placed on the gastric ulcer. In spite of curing the gastric ulcer, she was later found to have melena, so an examination was performed. A tumor was detected in the abdominal cavity by abdominal ultrasonic examination. The tumor was solid by ultrasonic examination and quickly enhanced strongly, then maintained the effect of enhancement that was washing out by computed tomography. Examination of small intestinal clairvoyance showed exclusion from out of the wall of the jejunum and ulcer surface inside of the part. Upon operation, a tumor was observed from the jejunum to the mesentery and so partial resection of the jejunum was performed. Histologically, the tumor was diagnosed as schwannoma. A case of schwannoma of the small intestine is rare, we report this rare case of schwannoma of the jejunum.