title: [Gastrointestinal stromal tumors. A study of 5 cases].
abstract: GI stromal tumors are mesenchymatal tumors arising primarily from the digestive tract or from the omentum. Despite their rarity (less than 1% of digestive tumors). These tumors have become of current interest since the discovery of a treatment for metastatic and locally advanced tumors, the imatinib (Glivec). In this study we report 5 cases of stromal tumors. Patients were 42 years old an average. Abdominal mass was the revealing signal in 80% of cases, localisation- was obtained by endoscopy and ultrasonography in 60% cases. Total resection of the tumor was performed in all patients. Immuno-histochemical examination confirmed the diagnosis of stromal tumors. Based on these cases and on a review of literature, we insist on the diagnostic difficulties of this rare pathology, while trying to determine the histological prognostic parameters and the latest therapeutic methods.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hépato-gastro-entérologie, hôpital Habib Thameur.
authors.forename: Bouraoui Ben Ammar
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Mouna
authors.forename: Kochlef en Zakour
authors.initials: Ke
authors.lastname: Asma
authors.forename: Kilani
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Afef
authors.forename: Gargouri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dalila
authors.forename: Bel Hadj
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Najet
authors.forename: Romani
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malika
authors.forename: Kharrat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jamel
authors.forename: Ghorbel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abdeljabbar
authors.forename: Khayat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olfa
authors.forename: Chedly
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Achraf
authors.forename: Ben Ayed
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Khelifi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Slim
authors.forename: Letaïef
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abdelmajid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis