HISTOLOGICAL DILEMMA IN A STOMACH MASS – A CASE REPORT

Dr. S. Vijaya Babu, Dr. M. Madhusudhana, Dr. G. Devi Prasad

Abstract


INTRODUCTION:
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common
mesenchymal, or nonepithelial, neoplasms of the gastrointestinal (GI)
tract. GISTs may be found anywhere in the GI tract, from the
esophagus to the internal anal sphincter. The most common GI location
is the stomach (56%), as reported in a 2015 review of multiple
population-based studies, followed by the small intestine (32%), colon
and rectum (6%), and esophagus (<1%).1 Usually GIST (GASTRO
INTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR) may be confused with
leiomyoma, leiomyoblastoma, schwannoma but in our case a
preoperative endoscopy guided biopsy showed adenocarcinoma
which was later proved to be GIST with post-operative histopathology
and by immuno-histochemistry.


Keywords


GIST, Immunohistochemistry, Poorly differentiated Adenocarcinoma

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