ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2012
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting with prominent calcification.
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- Gastric Calcifying Fibrous Tumor: An Easy Misdiagnosis as Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor-A Systemic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Pooled it
- Reactive Nodular Fibrous Pseudotumor Presenting as Gastric Outlet Obstruction in a Young Adult Male Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Medical Literature.Case reports in pathology · 2026Article
- CT features of calcified micro-gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a case series.BMC medical imaging · 2023Article
- Calcified Small Bowel Mass.ACG case reports journal · 2021Article
- Detection of esophageal and glandular stomach calcification in cow (Veterinary world · 2020Article
- Endoscopic Diagnosis of Calcifying Fibrous Tumor of the Ileum.ACG case reports journal · 2018Article
- Heavily calcified gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Pathophysiology and implications of a rare clinicopathologic entity.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2017Article
- Gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor with osseous differentiation and stromal calcification: A case report and review of literature.SAGE open medical case reports · 2017Article
- Malignant abdominal rocks: where do they come from?Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2013Review
- Unexpectedly ease surgery for a worrisome abdominal mass: Pedunculated GISTs.International journal of surgery case reports · 2013Article
- Duodenal Subepithelial Lesion? An Unexpected Endoscopic Ultrasound Finding.GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterologyArticle
- Imaging Patterns of Intratumoral Calcification in the Abdominopelvic Cavity.Korean journal of radiologyArticle
- A rare case of spherical calcifications presenting as a submucosal lesion on the stomach wall: An EUS analysis.Endoscopic ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
We present a rare case of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in the stomach with prominent calcification at presentation. A 61-year-old woman visited our hospital because of epigastric discomfort. A spherical calcified lesion with a diameter of about 30 mm was incidentally shown in the left upper quadrant on an abdominal X-ray. Computed tomography demonstrated that the tumor was growing from the upper gastric body, with calcification in the peripheral ring area. A laparoscopic partial gastrectomy was performed, and the resected specimen revealed a well-circumscribed tumor with exophytic growth from the gastric muscularis propria. Microscopic examination revealed spindle-shaped tumor cells with calcification and hemorrhage. Additionally, positive immunoreactivity of the tumor to KIT and CD34 and a low mitotic index resulted in the diagnosis of very low risk GIST. There are a few case reports of heavily calcified GIST, although solitary or punctate calcification of primary GIST has been reported in several case series. Dystrophic calcification of necrotic or degenerative tissue is the supposed cause of primary calcified GISTs. In contrast, appearance of calcification after administration of imatinib mesylate, which may be one indicator of disease response, is possibly caused by a different mechanism.
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