title: [Case of computed tomography (CT) gastrography for the detection of multiple gastric submucosal tumors: a case report].
abstract: A 66-year-old female underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy, which revealed a 17-mm gastric submucosal tumor (SMT) located in the posterior wall of the upper area of the stomach. She was referred to our hospital for further investigation because of accumulation of radioactive substance in the gastric wall by PET-CT. CT gastrography (CTG) revealed three gastric SMTs in total. Partial gastrectomy was performed; histopathologically, they were diagnosed as gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), benign schwannoma, and necrotic tissue. Gastric schwannoma is very rare, and we could find no cases with both GIST and schwannoma. Additionally, the three gastric SMTs were only detected clearly via CTG. We report on the details of this case and the usefulness of CTG for the detection of gastric SMT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akazawa
authors.forename: Hiroya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueyama
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagahara
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Kouhei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inami
authors.forename: Kenshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kon
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed