title: Cutaneous metastases from a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach: review of literature.
abstract: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are neoplasms of mesenchymal origin which may or may not be malignant. Malignant GIST rarely metastasize to distal organs. A case of cutaneous metastasis from GIST has been presented. This case is particularly interesting because not only did the patient have multiple metastases from GIST, but eventually developed cutaneous metastasis. This phenomenon has not been reported in the literature. The most current literature on gastrointestinal stromal tumors has been reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, Fla 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shabahang
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Livingstone
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017154:Stromal Cells; D016896:Treatment Outcome