C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana

Upper GI bleeding from GIST is rare in Africa. The C‐kit‐negative variant is uncommon worldwide. We report a case of a 42‐year‐old woman managed for upper GI bleeding secondary to stomach GIST, negative for CD117 but positive for DOG 1 and CD 34. The 1‐year postsurgery review is uneventful....

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Autores principales: Mensah, Samuel, Kyei, Ishmael, Kokuro, Collins, Afriyie, Collins, Nortey, Michael, Agyei, Ernest
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9896152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36762143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6906
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author Mensah, Samuel
Kyei, Ishmael
Kokuro, Collins
Afriyie, Collins
Nortey, Michael
Agyei, Ernest
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description Upper GI bleeding from GIST is rare in Africa. The C‐kit‐negative variant is uncommon worldwide. We report a case of a 42‐year‐old woman managed for upper GI bleeding secondary to stomach GIST, negative for CD117 but positive for DOG 1 and CD 34. The 1‐year postsurgery review is uneventful.
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spelling pubmed-98961522023-02-08 C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana Mensah, Samuel Kyei, Ishmael Kokuro, Collins Afriyie, Collins Nortey, Michael Agyei, Ernest Clin Case Rep Case Report Upper GI bleeding from GIST is rare in Africa. The C‐kit‐negative variant is uncommon worldwide. We report a case of a 42‐year‐old woman managed for upper GI bleeding secondary to stomach GIST, negative for CD117 but positive for DOG 1 and CD 34. The 1‐year postsurgery review is uneventful. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9896152/ /pubmed/36762143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6906 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
spellingShingle Case Report
Mensah, Samuel
Kyei, Ishmael
Kokuro, Collins
Afriyie, Collins
Nortey, Michael
Agyei, Ernest
C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana
title C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana
title_full C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana
title_fullStr C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana
title_full_unstemmed C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana
title_short C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana
title_sort c‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: a rare case of upper gi bleeding in ghana
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9896152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36762143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6906
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