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Gut wall replacing type of gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting as a perforation of the ileal diverticulum.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Nov 2015
Ikemura Masako, Kunita Akiko, Miwa Yoshiyuki, Jimbo Keiichi, Mori Kazuhiko, Seto Yasuyuki, Fukayama Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) usually form a well-circumscribed mass. Very rarely, however, sporadic GISTs show gut-wall replacing growth, similar to the diffuse hyperplasia of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) observed in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and hereditary GIST. Here we describe a patient with ileal perforation caused by this unusual type of GIST. An 82-year-old man was...
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