A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid

Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) is extremely rare with reported incidence of 20 per million per year. It is the most common mesenchymal tumour of the gastrointestinal tract. When it occurs at the pelvis in a female patient, it can be misleading to a gynaecological diagnosis. Non gynaecologica...

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Main Authors: Nurhayati A, Aida Hani Mohd Kalok, Nik Muhd Aslan Abdullah, Reena Rahayu Md Zain, Ani Amelia Zainuddin
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Language:English
Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12276/
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author Nurhayati A,
Aida Hani Mohd Kalok,
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Reena Rahayu Md Zain,
Ani Amelia Zainuddin,
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description Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) is extremely rare with reported incidence of 20 per million per year. It is the most common mesenchymal tumour of the gastrointestinal tract. When it occurs at the pelvis in a female patient, it can be misleading to a gynaecological diagnosis. Non gynaecological diagnosis such as GIST must be considered in patients with pelvic mass presenting with atypical symptoms.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:122762018-11-02T21:37:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12276/ A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid Nurhayati A, Aida Hani Mohd Kalok, Nik Muhd Aslan Abdullah, Reena Rahayu Md Zain, Ani Amelia Zainuddin, Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) is extremely rare with reported incidence of 20 per million per year. It is the most common mesenchymal tumour of the gastrointestinal tract. When it occurs at the pelvis in a female patient, it can be misleading to a gynaecological diagnosis. Non gynaecological diagnosis such as GIST must be considered in patients with pelvic mass presenting with atypical symptoms. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12276/1/15._nurhayati_et_al.pdf Nurhayati A, and Aida Hani Mohd Kalok, and Nik Muhd Aslan Abdullah, and Reena Rahayu Md Zain, and Ani Amelia Zainuddin, (2017) A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid. Journal of Surgical Academia, 7 (1). pp. 69-71. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc/7/1
spellingShingle Nurhayati A,
Aida Hani Mohd Kalok,
Nik Muhd Aslan Abdullah,
Reena Rahayu Md Zain,
Ani Amelia Zainuddin,
A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid
title A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid
title_full A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid
title_fullStr A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid
title_full_unstemmed A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid
title_short A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid
title_sort case of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking uterine fibroid
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12276/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12276/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12276/1/15._nurhayati_et_al.pdf