A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review
We present the case of a 66-year-old woman with a huge gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach that traversed her upper abdomen. The predominant abdominal sign was a huge, palpable mass, but there were no other distinctive findings in her physical examination or her routine blood workup, inclu...
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pubmed-34885252012-11-05 A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review Zhou, Lei Liu, Chang Bai, Ji-Gang Wei, Ji-Chao Qu, Kai Tian, Feng Tai, Ming-Hui Wang, Rui-Tao Meng, Fan-Di Case Report We present the case of a 66-year-old woman with a huge gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach that traversed her upper abdomen. The predominant abdominal sign was a huge, palpable mass, but there were no other distinctive findings in her physical examination or her routine blood workup, including biochemical markers. It was difficult to judge the origin of the mass upon imaging. Furthermore, radiological findings revealed that the mass had a complex relationship with many major blood vessels. An exploratory laparotomy revealed a huge tumor protruding from the anterior wall of the stomach fundus, on the lesser curvature of the stomach, measuring approximately 21 × 34 × 11 cm in diameter and weighing 5.5 kg. A complete resection was performed and the tumor was characterized on immunohistochemistry as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach. Preoperative diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors can be difficult, and we hope that the presentation of this rare case and literature review will benefit other diagnosing clinicians having similar problems. BioMed Central 2012-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3488525/ /pubmed/22540369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-66 Text en Copyright ©2012 Zhou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Zhou, Lei Liu, Chang Bai, Ji-Gang Wei, Ji-Chao Qu, Kai Tian, Feng Tai, Ming-Hui Wang, Rui-Tao Meng, Fan-Di A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review |
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A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review |
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A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review |
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A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review |
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A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review |
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A rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review |
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rare giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach traversing the upper abdomen: a case report and literature review |
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We present the case of a 66-year-old woman with a huge gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach that traversed her upper abdomen. The predominant abdominal sign was a huge, palpable mass, but there were no other distinctive findings in her physical examination or her routine blood workup, including biochemical markers. It was difficult to judge the origin of the mass upon imaging. Furthermore, radiological findings revealed that the mass had a complex relationship with many major blood vessels. An exploratory laparotomy revealed a huge tumor protruding from the anterior wall of the stomach fundus, on the lesser curvature of the stomach, measuring approximately 21 × 34 × 11 cm in diameter and weighing 5.5 kg. A complete resection was performed and the tumor was characterized on immunohistochemistry as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach. Preoperative diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors can be difficult, and we hope that the presentation of this rare case and literature review will benefit other diagnosing clinicians having similar problems. |
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