A rare case of primary mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor with metastasis to the cervix uteri

BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are CD117 (C Kit) positive mesenchymal neoplasms, that may arise anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. Their current therapy is imatinib mesylate before or after surgery. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of 17-year-old female with metastasis to the...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Nupur, Mittal, Suneeta, Lal, Neena, Misra, Renu, Kumar, Lalit, Bhalla, Sunita
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2219959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18045506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-137
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are CD117 (C Kit) positive mesenchymal neoplasms, that may arise anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. Their current therapy is imatinib mesylate before or after surgery. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of 17-year-old female with metastasis to the cervix uteri of a primary mesenteric gastrointestinal tumor. CONCLUSION: Surgery remains the mainstay of known curative treatment. The manifestations of GIST are not restricted to the typical locations within the bowel; may have very unusual metastatic sites or infiltrations per continuitatem.

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