Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Masquerading As Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Challenging Diagnosis

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare lesions of the gastrointestinal tract that have a strong predisposition to the stomach and small intestine. We present a case of an 89-year-old female who initially presented to the emergency room with signs and symptoms of acute decompensated heart f...

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Autores principales: Marsalisi, Christopher, Isern, Samantha, Lam, Loruanma, Isache, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10602628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37900439
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46022
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Isern, Samantha
Lam, Loruanma
Isache, Carmen
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Isache, Carmen
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description Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare lesions of the gastrointestinal tract that have a strong predisposition to the stomach and small intestine. We present a case of an 89-year-old female who initially presented to the emergency room with signs and symptoms of acute decompensated heart failure (HF) and was later discovered to have a 23-centimeter GIST in her abdominal cavity. This case emphasizes the implications of large intraperitoneal neoplasms and the unique constellation of symptoms they may present with.
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spelling pubmed-106026282023-10-27 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Masquerading As Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Challenging Diagnosis Marsalisi, Christopher Isern, Samantha Lam, Loruanma Isache, Carmen Cureus Gastroenterology Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare lesions of the gastrointestinal tract that have a strong predisposition to the stomach and small intestine. We present a case of an 89-year-old female who initially presented to the emergency room with signs and symptoms of acute decompensated heart failure (HF) and was later discovered to have a 23-centimeter GIST in her abdominal cavity. This case emphasizes the implications of large intraperitoneal neoplasms and the unique constellation of symptoms they may present with. Cureus 2023-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10602628/ /pubmed/37900439 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46022 Text en Copyright © 2023, Marsalisi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Masquerading As Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Challenging Diagnosis
title Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Masquerading As Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Challenging Diagnosis
title_full Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Masquerading As Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Challenging Diagnosis
title_fullStr Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Masquerading As Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Challenging Diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Masquerading As Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Challenging Diagnosis
title_short Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Masquerading As Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Challenging Diagnosis
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topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10602628/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46022
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