1 Nov 2002Case Report
ACUTE BLEEDING BY GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR (GIST). CASE REPORT
A. Ciccolo 1T. Centorrino 1M. Rossitto 2A. Barbera 2M.T. Fonti 1F. Fedele 2
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Article Info
1 Dipartimento delle Specialità Chirurgiche; Università degli Studi di Messina
2 Chirurgica Generale II e Patologia Ano-Rettale; Dipartimento di Patologia Umana; Università degli Studi di Messina
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2002, 73(6), 635-641;
Published: 1 Nov 2002
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Abstract
A.A. refer a case report on a patient observed in emergency condition for acute bleeding from digiunal bowel by a GIST. Starting from clinical case, describe a brief profile of clinical, histogenetic, diagnostic and prognostic caractheristics of the GIST also delineated by recent reports from literature; agree with other A.A. about treatment procedure represented always by resection of affected intestinal tract and never by enucleation for inconstant and unforeseeable biologic comportment by this tumours.
Keywords
- Acute bleeding
- GIST
- diagnosis