A rare presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from a meckel’s diverticulum: A case report

The most common congenital gastrointestinal tract abnormality is Meckel’s diverticulum, affecting 1% to 2% of the population. Meckel’s diverticulum can sometimes house a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), which is a rare malignant tumor. A 63-year-old man presented with occult melena. It turns o...

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Autores principales: Patel, Aditya, Yeola, Meenakshi, Gharde, Pankaj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9638665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36352973
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2076_21
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description The most common congenital gastrointestinal tract abnormality is Meckel’s diverticulum, affecting 1% to 2% of the population. Meckel’s diverticulum can sometimes house a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), which is a rare malignant tumor. A 63-year-old man presented with occult melena. It turns out to be a GIST developing from Meckel’s diverticulum after an exploratory laparotomy. Occult melena is one of the causes of unexplained and intractable anemia. Every family and general physician should keep in mind the possibility of occult blood loss via the gastrointestinal tract when treating the patient.
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spelling pubmed-96386652022-11-08 A rare presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from a meckel’s diverticulum: A case report Patel, Aditya Yeola, Meenakshi Gharde, Pankaj J Family Med Prim Care Case Report The most common congenital gastrointestinal tract abnormality is Meckel’s diverticulum, affecting 1% to 2% of the population. Meckel’s diverticulum can sometimes house a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), which is a rare malignant tumor. A 63-year-old man presented with occult melena. It turns out to be a GIST developing from Meckel’s diverticulum after an exploratory laparotomy. Occult melena is one of the causes of unexplained and intractable anemia. Every family and general physician should keep in mind the possibility of occult blood loss via the gastrointestinal tract when treating the patient. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-08 2022-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9638665/ /pubmed/36352973 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2076_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title A rare presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from a meckel’s diverticulum: A case report
title_full A rare presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from a meckel’s diverticulum: A case report
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title_sort rare presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from a meckel’s diverticulum: a case report
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2076_21
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