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Bleeding from foveolar hyperplasia developing on a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach
Author(s) -
Miyake Kazumasa,
Tatsuguchi Atsushi,
Tachibana Mikiko,
Kusunoki Masanobu,
Shinji Yoko,
Shinoki Kei,
Hiratsuka Tetsuro,
Nagata Kazuhiro,
Nishigaki Hitoshi,
Futagami Seiji,
Wada Ken,
Tsukui Taku,
Yoshiyuki Toshiro,
Tokunaga Akira,
Tajiri Takashi,
Sakamoto Choitsu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2003.00335.x
Subject(s) - medicine , foveolar cell , gist , stromal tumor , stomach , asymptomatic , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , gastrointestinal bleeding , hyperplasia , diverticulum (mollusc) , stromal cell , gastric mucosa
A 52‐year‐old Japanese woman who presented with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding underwent a proximal gastrectomy for a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) with a foveolar hyperplasia at the apex of the tumor, 4.5 cm in size, located in the upper body of the stomach. Although GIST are often asymptomatic and are found only incidentally, clinical symptoms such as bleeding, abdominal pain, or obstruction, occasionally lead to a premorbid diagnosis. When submucosal tumors present GI bleeding, the source of the bleeding usually is an ulceration of the mucosa over the tumor. However, in the present study, it was thought that the bleeding originated from the region of foveolar hyperplasia.