Esophageal GIST: case report of surgical enucleation and update on current diagnostic and therapeutic options.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, but they have been rarely reported in the esophagus. The authors present the case of an esophageal GIST and discuss the diagnostic course and therapeutic options, as currently reported in the literature.
Portale
Giuseppe
G
Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV-IRCCS), Clinica Chirurgica III, University of Padova School of Medicine, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Zaninotto
Giovanni
G
Costantini
Mario
M
Rugge
Massimo
M
Pennelli
Gian Maria
GM
Rampado
Sabrina
S
Bocus
Paolo
P
Ancona
Ermanno
E
D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D019160:Endosonography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor