ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2015
Diagnosis and surgical treatment of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
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- Robotic-assisted surgery for esophageal submucosal tumors: a single-center case series.Updates in surgery · 2022Article
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- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of the Small Intestine: Progress in Diagnosis and Treatment Research.Cancer management and research · 2020Review
- Use of endoloop in video-assisted thoracoscopic enucleation of a very rare esophageal tumor.Journal of surgical case reports · 2019Article
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the esophagus: current issues of diagnosis, surgery and drug therapy.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2018Review
- A giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach presenting as a posterior mediastinal mass.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2017Article
- Optimal management of GIST tumors located near the gastroesophageal junction: Case report and review of the literature.International journal of surgery case reports · 2016Article
- Clinicopathologic Features and Clinical Outcomes of Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Evaluation of a Pooled Case Series.Medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
aimTo retrospectively evaluate our experience with the diagnosis and surgical resection of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs).
methodsBetween January 2003 and August 2014, five esophageal GIST cases were admitted to our hospital. In this study, the hospital records, surgery outcomes, tumor recurrence and survival of these patients were retrospectively reviewed.
resultsThe median age of the patients was 45.6 years (range: 12-62 years). Three patients presented with dysphagia, and one patient presented with chest discomfort. The remaining patient was asymptomatic. Four patients were diagnosed with esophageal GISTs by a preoperative endoscopic biopsy. Three patients underwent esophagectomy, and two patients underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The mean operating time was 116 min (range: 95-148 min), and the mean blood loss was 176 mL (range: 30-300 mL). All tumors were completely resected. The mean length of postoperative hospital stay was 8.4 d (range: 6-12 d). All patients recovered and were discharged successfully. The median postoperative follow-up duration was 48 mo (range: 29-72 mo). One patient was diagnosed with recurrence, one patient was lost to follow-up, and three patients were asymptomatic and are currently being managed with close radiologic and clinical follow-up.
conclusionSurgery is the standard, effective and successful treatment for esophageal GISTs. Long-term follow-up is required to monitor recurrence and metastasis.
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