A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a 92-year-old man: difficult diagnosis to successful therapy
International Journal of Development Research
A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a 92-year-old man: difficult diagnosis to successful therapy
Received 20th March, 2021; Received in revised form 27th April, 2021; Accepted 08th May, 2021; Published online 20th June, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Danielle Duarte Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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.
