Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach and hepatocellular carcinoma: An unusual association

INTRODUCTION: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are uncommon, potentially malignant tumors, that arise in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. Up to 50% can develop metastasis, mainly in the liver, but the occurrence of synchronous primary liver tumors is a rare event in these patients. PRES...

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Autores principales: Ferreira e Mora, H., Pinto de Sousa, J., Devesa, V., Barbosa, J., Costa, J., Portugal, R., Costa Maia, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4486102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26026880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.05.020
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are uncommon, potentially malignant tumors, that arise in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. Up to 50% can develop metastasis, mainly in the liver, but the occurrence of synchronous primary liver tumors is a rare event in these patients. PRESENTATION OF CASE: The authors report a case of the association of gastric GIST and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a non-cirrhotic liver in a 76 year-old patient. DISCUSSION: The appearance of an hepatic lesion in a GIST patient does not necessarily imply its secondary nature. CONCLUSION: In diagnosed GIST patients, all efforts should be pursued to characterize synchronous hepatic lesions, in order to plan a correct and tailored treatment of the patients.

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