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Multidrug resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor with multiple metastases to the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue: A case report and review of literature.
Journal of cutaneous pathology - 1 Apr 2020
Aickara Divya J, McBride Jeffrey, Morrison Brian, Romanelli Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are mesenchymal neoplasms which account for less than 1% of all gastrointestinal malignancies. Of all the extra-abdominal metastases of GIST, superficial soft tissue metastases are the rarest. Previous reports have found success with sunitinib in imatinib-resistant GIST, but we report a certain wild-type KIT mutation GIST with cutaneous and subcutaneous metastasis that was...
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