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Multiple Liver Abscess Formation and Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. The introduction of a number of small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors has revolutionized the management of metastatic disease. Surgery is the mainstay of management for localized disease. Patien...

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Autores principales: E. Chang, Amy, N. Mann, Gary, Hoch, Benjamin, T. Loggers, Elizabeth, M. Pollack, Seth, Kolokythas, Orpheus, L. Jones, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3804826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24179663
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2013.e51
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author E. Chang, Amy
N. Mann, Gary
Hoch, Benjamin
T. Loggers, Elizabeth
M. Pollack, Seth
Kolokythas, Orpheus
L. Jones, Robin
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description Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. The introduction of a number of small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors has revolutionized the management of metastatic disease. Surgery is the mainstay of management for localized disease. Patients with high risk tumors are treated with adjuvant imatinib. We report the rare presentation of a localized primary small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumor in association with multiple liver abscesses. Cystic liver lesions should be fully evaluated in gastro intestinal tumor patients to exclude an infective cause. Treatment with intravenous antibiotics resulted in clinical and radiological improvement of the liver abscesses. The small bowel tumor was treated with surgical resection.
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spelling pubmed-38048262013-10-31 Multiple Liver Abscess Formation and Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor E. Chang, Amy N. Mann, Gary Hoch, Benjamin T. Loggers, Elizabeth M. Pollack, Seth Kolokythas, Orpheus L. Jones, Robin Rare Tumors Case Report Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. The introduction of a number of small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors has revolutionized the management of metastatic disease. Surgery is the mainstay of management for localized disease. Patients with high risk tumors are treated with adjuvant imatinib. We report the rare presentation of a localized primary small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumor in association with multiple liver abscesses. Cystic liver lesions should be fully evaluated in gastro intestinal tumor patients to exclude an infective cause. Treatment with intravenous antibiotics resulted in clinical and radiological improvement of the liver abscesses. The small bowel tumor was treated with surgical resection. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2013-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3804826/ /pubmed/24179663 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2013.e51 Text en ©Copyright A.E. Chang, et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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E. Chang, Amy
N. Mann, Gary
Hoch, Benjamin
T. Loggers, Elizabeth
M. Pollack, Seth
Kolokythas, Orpheus
L. Jones, Robin
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title_short Multiple Liver Abscess Formation and Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
title_sort multiple liver abscess formation and primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3804826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24179663
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2013.e51
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