title: Endoscopic enucleation of gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach: report of five cases.
abstract: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the stomach was treated by endoscopic enucleation in five patients. They were three men and two woman, aged 36-56 years. Tumors located in the cardia were completely enucleated endoscopically without any serious complication. The largest diameter of removed tumors ranged from 1.2 to 2.5 cm. Histopathological diagnosis was GIST with low risk of malignancy (mitotic index < 5/50 high power field) in all cases. The patients were disease-free for 10.5-42.2 mo after endoscopic enucleation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Toyama Hospital, 17-22 Minami-Shinmachi, Tsu-City 514-0043, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mohri
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008940:Mitotic Index; D014463:Ultrasonography