[A case of stromal gastric tumor-uncommon clinical and pathological entity].
Stromal gastric tumors represents an uncommon entity with difficult diagnosis, both preoperative and pathological. We present the case of a patient admitted for abdominal pain, with palpable tumor in epigastrium and right hypochondrium; abdominal echography, barium enema and abdominal CT-scan were not able to precise the involved organ. Operative exploration found at the level of horizontal portion of the stomach a solid tumor, which was resected, with good subsequent evolution. Pathologic diagnosis was stromal gastric tumor. We present latest news concerning diagnosis, prognostic and treatment for this type of tumor.
Clinica a III-a Chirurgicală, U.M.F. Gr. T. Popa Iaşi. gsandu@mail.dntis.ro
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Grigorovici
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Gavrilovici
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Moruzi
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Ciobanu
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome