1 Nov 2003Case Report
SMALL BOWEL STROMAL TUMORS IN A “MECKELIAN” LOCATION. ABOUT A CLINICAL OBSERVATION
R. Lorusso 1A. Forte 1V. Urbano 1G. Soda 2A. D’Urso 1M.R. Bosco 1P. Mancini 1M. Bezzi 1
Affiliations
Article Info
1 S.S. Chirurgia Mini-invasiva e Laparoscopica, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Mediche Applicate, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
2 Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2003, 74(6), 707-711;
Published: 1 Nov 2003
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Abstract
The Meckel’s divetriculum has a prevalence of the 0.3-3%. It is surgically removed only when arise a complication or a neoplasia. The Meckel’s diverticulum tumors are unfrequent and observed in only the 0.5-3.2% of the Meckel’s diverticula. The 12% of these tumors are a GIST. We report a case of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor with neural immunophenotype, observed in a patient presenting a deep venous thrombosis perhaps with a paraneoplastic origin. We also report some observations about the state of the art about the GIST management and particularly of all of them arising in a Meckel’s diverticulum.
Keywords
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- Meckel’s diverticulum
- treatment
