Subcapsular Liver Hematoma in Metastatic GIST Complicating Imatinib (Gleevec) Therapy.
We report two patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who had large subcapsular hepatic hematomas that developed while on imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) therapy. We describe the pertinent radiologic features of the subcapsular hematomas in these patients, and discuss possible etiologies for the bleeding in each patient.
Sridhar
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Shankar
CT, computed tomography; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor; IVC, inferior vena cava; WBC, white blood cell