[Stromal tumor of the stomach causing life-threatening arterial bleeding].
Stromal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are rare mesenchymal neoplasms. The majority of them are appearing in the stomach: their quite common first manifestation is bleeding. The authors report a case of polypoid gastric GIST causing severe bleeding which needed urgent surgical intervention and partial resection of the stomach. Although histological analysis of the tumor revealed low proliferation rate, the urgent operation did not result in a complete eradication of the neoplasm, thereby our patient needs further follow-up and treatment.
Gál
István
I
Kenézy Gyula Kórház, II. Belgyógyászati Osztály, Debrecen.
Tóth
Lajos
L
Sexty
Piroska
P
Tóth
Dezso
D
Szegedi
László
L
Hajdu
Zoltán
Z
Gyenes
István
I
Kovács
Ilona
I
Kiss
Gyula
G
D000368:Aged; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D024405:Gastroepiploic Artery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery