Open AccessGastrointestinal stromal tumor with skeletal muscle, adrenal and cardiac metastases: An unusual occurrence
Author(s) -
Usman Bashir,
Asim Qureshi,
Haseeb Ahmed Khan,
Najam Uddin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.81638
Subject(s) - gist , stromal tumor , medicine , metastasis , stomach , leiomyosarcoma , peritoneum , esophagus , pathology , stromal cell , lung , skeletal muscle , mesenchymal stem cell , cancer
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the bowel. It most commonly arises in the stomach, followed by the small intestine, colorectum and the esophagus. It usually spreads to the liver or the peritoneum, with bone and lung metastases being infrequent. Here, we present a case report of GIST behaving in a bizarre way. The patient presented with skeletal muscle metastasis and was initially misdiagnosed as leiomyosarcoma. On follow-up, he developed adrenal metastasis, and later, cardiac metastasis. None of the above unusual sites has previously been reported in literature to our knowledge.