Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist) of the duodenum.
This is a report of a rare gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the duodenum in a 75 years old man who presented with recurrent episodes of intestinal obstruction and melena. The patient underwent successful Whipple's procedure.
Ghazanfar
Shahriyar
S
Department of Surgery, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi.
Sial
Khadim S
KS
Quraishy
M S
MS
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004386:Duodenum; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed