Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare tumours. It can cause occult gastrointestinal bleeding when conventional investigations fail to detect the bleeding lesions. Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding also represents a challenge in the quest for the clinical diagnosis and its therapeutic app...

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Main Authors: Ngow, Harris Abdullah, Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ambit Media, a. s. 2010
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description Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare tumours. It can cause occult gastrointestinal bleeding when conventional investigations fail to detect the bleeding lesions. Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding also represents a challenge in the quest for the clinical diagnosis and its therapeutic approach. We report a case of gastrointestinal bleeding originated from small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumour diagnosed by capsule endoscopy and computerized tomography (CT) imaging. This case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing GISTs and the important role of capsule endoscopy as a non-invasive investigation modality. The treatment options include curative surgical resection and tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
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spelling iium-51212011-10-28T05:38:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5121/ Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina RB Pathology RC Internal medicine Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare tumours. It can cause occult gastrointestinal bleeding when conventional investigations fail to detect the bleeding lesions. Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding also represents a challenge in the quest for the clinical diagnosis and its therapeutic approach. We report a case of gastrointestinal bleeding originated from small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumour diagnosed by capsule endoscopy and computerized tomography (CT) imaging. This case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing GISTs and the important role of capsule endoscopy as a non-invasive investigation modality. The treatment options include curative surgical resection and tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Ambit Media, a. s. 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5121/1/csgh_2010_5_22_25.pdf Ngow, Harris Abdullah and Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina (2010) Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Czech and Slovak Gastroenterol and Hepatol , 64 (5). pp. 22-25. ISSN 1804 7874 (print); 1804-803X (online) http://www.csgh.info/index.php
spellingShingle RB Pathology
RC Internal medicine
Ngow, Harris Abdullah
Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
title Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
title_full Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
title_fullStr Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
title_full_unstemmed Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
title_short Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour: cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
title_sort gastrointestinal stromal tumour: cause of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
topic RB Pathology
RC Internal medicine
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/5121/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/5121/1/csgh_2010_5_22_25.pdf