Synchronous occurrence of a primary colon adenocarcinoma and a gastric stromal tumor. A case report.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are currently the object of a great clinical and experimental interest. We are presenting the case of a 69-year-old patient, who was presented with lower gastrointestinal bleeding and dyspeptic symptoms over the last six months. The colonoscopy showed a large tumor of the sigmoid and the gastroscopy a large gastric tumor of the antrum, which were histologically diagnosed as colonic adenocarcinoma and gastric stromal tumor respectively. The patient underwent a sigmoidectomy and a partial gastrectomy. Six months after surgery were the clinical condition, abdominal CT, gastroscopy and colonoscopy without pathological findings. To our best knowledge, this is the second report of a synchronous gastric stromal tumor and a colonic adenocarcinoma in medical literature.
Tzilves
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Gastroenterology Department, Theageneion Anticancer Hospital,Thessaloniki, Greece. gtagarakis@hotmail.com
Moschos
J
J
Paikos
D
D
Tagarakis
G
G
Pilpilidis
I
I
Soufleris
K
K
Kadis
S
S
Tarpagos
A
A
Katsos
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I
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*