[Gastrointestinal stromal tumors. A study of 5 cases].
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.
Mouna
Bouraoui Ben Ammar
BB
Service d'hépato-gastro-entérologie, hôpital Habib Thameur.
Asma
Kochlef en Zakour
Ke
Afef
Kilani
K
Dalila
Gargouri
G
Najet
Bel Hadj
BH
Malika
Romani
R
Jamel
Kharrat
K
Abdeljabbar
Ghorbel
G
Olfa
Khayat
K
Achraf
Chedly
C
Mohamed
Ben Ayed
BA
Slim
Khelifi
K
Abdelmajid
Letaïef
L
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