Case Report: A Rare Case of Tumor: A Metastatic GIST

Kalaji Manhal, Terryn François Xavier, Mansvelt Baudouin, Henry Paulina and Petit Bénédicte
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Mansvelt Baudouin: Unité de chirurgie digestive, Hôpital de Jolimont, Belgium
Henry Paulina: Service anatomo-pathologique, Hôpital de Jolimont, Belgium
Petit Bénédicte: Service d’oncologie, Hôpital de Jolimont, Belgium

Juniper Online Journal of Case Studies, 2019, vol. 10, issue 3, 61-65

Abstract: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors “GIST†is a rare form of digestive tract cancer with an estimated incidence of 15 cases per million population with an average age of 60 years. The surgical methods remain the main form of treatment and the only curative one. This case study is about a 5-year-old patient who presented non-specific abdominal pain and impaired general state. The CT-scan showed a voluminous abdominal mass located in the stomach as well as two liver metastases. We decided to perform a surgical biopsy of the gastric mass in order to identify its type. The anatomopathological analysis concluded in a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, probably of gastric origin. In this context, we decided to initiate an Imatinib treatment: 400mg a day per os in one take. The patient initially responded very well to the treatment with a decrease of the size of the gastric tumor but, after 4 years, the mass started to further increase in volume.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/JOJCS.2019.10.555789

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