title: Gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the oesophagus: significance of immunohistochemical and genetic analyses of the c-kit gene.
abstract: Oesophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare in comparison to those of the stomach and intestines. Recently, it has been clarified that mutations of the c-kit gene resulting in gain of function might be associated with histogenesis of this type of tumour arising in the stomach and intestines. We describe an oesophageal GIST on immunohistochemical and genetic analyses of the gene. A 71-year-old man had an intramural tumour of the middle third of the oesophagus. Tumour cells were composed predominantly of spindle-shaped and partially epithelioid cells. They were diffusely positive for CD117. Six base deletion resulting in in-frame mutation of the c-kit gene was confirmed at codon 556-558 (cag tgg aag to cag) of exon 11. Patients with mutations of the c-kit gene revealed worse prognoses in GISTs arising from other locations. A long-term follow-up observation is needed for the case.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Uchimaru 19-1, 020-8505 Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: Chihaya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maesawa
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Yushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000378:metabolism; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit