title: A treatment using STI571 for jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) accompanied with liver metastasis and peritoneal dissemination.
abstract: A 64-year-old man with a chief complaint of melena visited our emergency outpatient clinic. After several examinations, he was diagnosed as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) with liver metastasis. Surgical resection of the jejunal lesion and postoperative adjuvant therapy with STI571 for one year was performed. Due to recent immunohistological studies and introduction of STI571, the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of GIST are about to change profoundly. Further accumulation of cases is necessary to investigate the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of GIST.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Institute of Health Biosciences, Tokushima.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muguruma
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakamoto
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imoto
authors.forename: Seisuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okitsu
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sano
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001549:Benzamides; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001549:Benzamides; D010879:Piperazines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D000068877:Imatinib Mesylate