Open AccessConcomitant gastric adenocarcinoma and stromal tumor in a woman with polymyalgia rheumatic
Author(s) -
Panteleimon Kountourakis,
Niki Arnogiannaki,
Ilias Stavrinides,
N. Apostolikas,
G. Rigatos
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.6750
Subject(s) - polymyalgia rheumatica , medicine , concomitant , adenocarcinoma , presentation (obstetrics) , gist , gastroenterology , pathology , stromal cell , cancer , surgery , vasculitis , giant cell arteritis , disease
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare neoplasms (1%) of the gastrointestinal tract and to our knowledge only rare cases of synchronous presentation of gastric carcinomas and GISTs are reported in the literature. A 72-year-old female with a simultaneous presentation of gastric adenocarcinoma and GIST is presented. Moreover, due to polymyalgia rheumatica the patient received corticosteroids as treatment for the last 3 years. The concomitant occurrence of these neoplasms may involve common carcinogenic factors and there could be an association with polymyalgia rheumatica either as a paraneoplastic presentation or due to its treatment with corticosteroids.