A Bleeding Duodenal GIST Masquerading as Refractory Peptic Ulcer Disease

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract; however, the occurrence of a GIST in the duodenum is rare. Our case demonstrates the importance of considering GIST in the evaluation of refractory duodenal ulcers, as well as the utilization...

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Autores principales: Jones, Jason D., Oh, Stephen, Clark, Clancy, Pawa, Rishi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5226202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28119940
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.162
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description Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract; however, the occurrence of a GIST in the duodenum is rare. Our case demonstrates the importance of considering GIST in the evaluation of refractory duodenal ulcers, as well as the utilization of endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of these lesions.
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spelling pubmed-52262022017-01-24 A Bleeding Duodenal GIST Masquerading as Refractory Peptic Ulcer Disease Jones, Jason D. Oh, Stephen Clark, Clancy Pawa, Rishi ACG Case Rep J Case Report Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract; however, the occurrence of a GIST in the duodenum is rare. Our case demonstrates the importance of considering GIST in the evaluation of refractory duodenal ulcers, as well as the utilization of endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of these lesions. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5226202/ /pubmed/28119940 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.162 Text en Copyright © Jones et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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title_full A Bleeding Duodenal GIST Masquerading as Refractory Peptic Ulcer Disease
title_fullStr A Bleeding Duodenal GIST Masquerading as Refractory Peptic Ulcer Disease
title_full_unstemmed A Bleeding Duodenal GIST Masquerading as Refractory Peptic Ulcer Disease
title_short A Bleeding Duodenal GIST Masquerading as Refractory Peptic Ulcer Disease
title_sort bleeding duodenal gist masquerading as refractory peptic ulcer disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5226202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28119940
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.162
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