title: [Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST): imaging findings and differential diagnosis].
abstract: We report the preoperative imaging findings of a 75 year old man with a large tumor of the lower abdomen. Computed tomography showed a large intraabdominal mass. In the differential diagnosis a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) or a metastasis of an unknown primary neoplasia were considered. Histology confirmed the diagnosis of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Radiologie, Kantonsspital Baden. christoph.zubler@ksb.ch
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Zubler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fahrni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Komminoth
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kocher
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kubik-Huch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography