A Rare Case of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST): a Case Report and Review of the Literature

J Gastrointest Cancer. 2019 Dec;50(4):926-934. doi: 10.1007/s12029-017-0037-4.

Authors

Hamzeh Saraireh¹, Obada Tayyem², Omar Al Asad³, Ranjana Nawgiri⁴, Issam Alawin⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA. hsaraireh@HOTMAIL.COM.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, USA.
⁴ Division of Cytopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA.
⁵ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA.

PMID: 29218655
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-017-0037-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
Colonoscopy
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / complications
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis*
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / drug therapy
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology
Humans
Imatinib Mesylate / therapeutic use
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver / pathology
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
Liver Neoplasms / secondary
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Radionuclide Imaging
Rectum / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Spinal Neoplasms / drug therapy
Spinal Neoplasms / secondary
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Imatinib Mesylate