Stromal duodenal tumor revealed by an acute pancreatitis: report of a case.
BACKGROUND
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are one of the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the human gastrointestinal tract. Duodenal GISTs are very rare and constitute less than 5% of all kind of GISTs.


METHODS
This is a report of a rare gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the duodenum in a 25-year-old female who was presented as an acute pancreatitis.


CONCLUSIONS
The computed tomography evoked a pancreatic tumor. The patient underwent successful Whipple's procedure. The histological and immunohistochemical exams of the specimen resection confirmed the diagnosis of duodenal stromal tumor.
Soufi
Mehdi
M
Chad
Bouziane
B
D000328:Adult; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery