Synchronous occurrence of advanced adenocarcinoma with a stromal tumor in the stomach: a case report.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms of the digestive tract. Synchronous occurrence of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor with a tumor of different histogenesis is very rare and has been documented in the literature mainly in case reports. We present the case of a 78-year old female patient who underwent surgery for an advanced gastric carcinoma during which a gastric stromal tumor was incidentally discovered. A review of the literature is also conducted on the extremely rare synchronous occurrence of malignant tumors of different histogenesis in the stomach.
Salemis
Nikolaos S
NS
2nd Department of Surgery, 417 Army Veterans General Hospital NIMTS, Athens, Greece. nikos_salemis@hotmail.com
Gourgiotis
Stavros
S
Tsiambas
Evangelos
E
Karameris
Andreas
A
Tsohataridis
Efstathios
E
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed