title: Atypical presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumours-a case report.
abstract: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are benign mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Their clinical presentations are variable. We report a case of a 31-year-old man who presented with pain in the abdomen and vomiting. CT abdomen revealed a large exophytic mass in the epigastrium with enhancement pattern similar to hemangioma. No relationship of the mass could be made out with the adjacent structures on CT, histopathology proved it to be a GIST.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, 600 116 India.
authors.forename: Kalpana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raja
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, 600 116 India.
authors.forename: Bhawna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dev
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, 600 116 India.
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santosham
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, 600 116 India.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santhosh
keywords: Atypical GIST; Hemangioma