Intestinal gastrointestinal stromal tumors presenting with gastrointestinal bleeding: different diagnostic modalities in three patients
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Hüseyin Köseoğlu 1 * , Tevfik Solakoğlu 1, Fatma Ebru Akın 1, Aydan Kılıçarslan 2, Soner Akbaba 3, Oktay Algın 4, Naciye Şemnur Büyükaşık 1, Osman Ersoy 5
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1 Ataturk Research and Education Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara, Turkey2 Atatürk Research and Education Hospital, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey3 Atatürk Research and Education Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Turkey4 Atatürk Research and Education Hospital, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey5 Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Although bleeding is one of the most symptoms seen in GIST, significant acute bleeding is an unusual finding. Here in, three cases with gastrointestinal bleeding due to GIST are presented. Of these patients one had duodenal, one had jejunal and the other had ileal GIST. The duodenal GIST was detected by endoscopy while the jejunal GIST was found by capsule endoscopy and the ileal GIST was shown on magnetic resonance enterography. All patients underwent surgery and the diagnoses of GISTs were confirmed by histopathological evaluation.

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Article Type: Case Report

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 15, Issue 4, August 2018, Article No: em55

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/89640

Publication date: 15 Apr 2018

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