A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a 92-year-old man: difficult diagnosis to successful therapy

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
11
Article ID: 
22016
3 pages
Research Article

A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a 92-year-old man: difficult diagnosis to successful therapy

Danielle Duarte Silva, Ciro Rodrigues Paes, Guilherme Andrade Pereira, Rodrigo Gomide Naves, Luis Ronan Marquez Ferreira de Souza, Renata Margarida Etchebehere, Sílvia Maria Perrone Camilo and Geisa Perez Medina Gomide

Abstract: 

Small bowel neoplasms are rare and often diagnosed late. This case report highlights the diagnostic difficulty and acute complications of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). A 92-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital because of melena that started a month ago. No remarkable findings were noted inendoscopy and colonoscopy examination. Due to the unavailability of an endoscopic capsule, enterotomography was performed, which showed an exophytic lesion in the jejunum loop causing segmental subocclusion, suggestive of GIST. A 10-cm segmental enterectomy was performed, followed by entero-enteroanastomosis. Pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of GIST. The patientrecovered well after surgery.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.22016.06.2021
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