Open AccessGastrointestinal stromal tumor of gastric origin: case report
Author(s) -
Ayder Anselmo Gomes Vivi,
Ana Carolina Domingos Antoniassi,
Ana Carolina Taveira Engler Raiz Coelho,
Bruna Garetti,
Guilherme Giacomello Barbisan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2176-7262
pISSN - 0076-6046
DOI - 10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v50i3p197-200
Subject(s) - gist , medicine , asymptomatic , imatinib mesylate , stromal tumor , lesion , histopathological examination , stromal cell , surgical resection , surgery , radiology , imatinib , pathology , myeloid leukemia
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare, with unpredictable behavior, most of them asymptomatic or nonspecific symptoms. They may arise in any place of digestive tube, and the standard treatment is the complete surgical resection, however recurrences and metastases are frequent. The following case is a report from an elderly patient with growing and painful abdominal mass on physical examination, and the result of complementary imaging tests suggests that this is GIST. Submitted to surgical therapy for resection of the lesion and follow-up with imatinib mesylate (Glivec®).