title: Synchronous and metachronous gastric gist with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: report of 2 cases and a review of literature.
abstract: We report two cases of a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) synchronous and metachronous, respectively, with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a GIST involved 3 years after a ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Data from the literature and our cases seem to suggest that incidental GIST may occur synchronously and metachronously with other cancers more frequently than expected. Thus, the patients with a diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma may have undergone a strict follow up for GIST.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Italy Piazzale Ospitale 1, 34100, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiore
authors.affiliation: Ultrasound Unit for Infectious Diseases, AORN dei Colli, Cotugno Hospital, Via G. Quagliarello 54, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Stefano
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Second University of Naples, Via L. Armanni 5, Naples, 80133, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.affiliation: Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Tortorella Clinical Institute, ISSMES Consortium, Via Nicola Aversano 1, 84124 Salerno , Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giorgio
keywords: GIST; Metachronus cancer; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; Synchronous cancer