ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2017
Rarity among benign gastric tumors: Plexiform fibromyxoma - Report of two cases.
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- Plexiform fibromyxoma of the lesser curvature of the stomach in a 16-year-old adolescent: A case report and literature review.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- Giant plexiform fibromyxoma of the esophagus.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2026Article
- Robot-assisted partial gastrectomy with Billroth I anastomosis for gastric plexiform fibromyxoma in children: the first case report and literature review.AME case reports · 2025Article
- Endoscopic submucosal excavation for gastric plexiform fibromyxoma: A case report and systematic review of literature.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Plexiform fibromyxoma: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of two cases with a literature review.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Review
- Gastric Plexiform Fibromyxoma with Two Different Growth Patterns on Histological Images: a Case Report.Journal of gastric cancer · 2021Article
- Clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis of gastrofibromatosis-like undifferentiated carcinoma.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
- Gastric Plexiform Fibromyxoma Arising in the Cardia in an Adolescent Male: A Rare Tumor with an Unusual Location.Case reports in surgery · 2020Article
- Gastric Plexiform Fibromyxoma.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019Article
- Uninodular Fibromyxomatous Gastric Tumor Resected by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2019Article
- Gastric aggressive fibromatosis: report of a case and review of the literature.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2019Article
- An Update on Clinicopathological and Molecular Features of Plexiform Fibromyxoma.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019Review
- [Gastric Plexiform Fibromyxoma as a Diagnostic Challenge in the Differential Diagnosis of GIST].Acta gastroenterologica LatinoamericanaArticle
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Abstract
Plexiform fibromyxoma is a very rare mesenchymal tumor of the stomach, found almost exclusively in the antrum/pylorus region. The most common presenting symptoms are anemia, hematemesis, nausea and unintentional weight loss, without sex or age predilection. We describe here two cases of plexiform fibromyxoma, involving a 16-year-old female and a 34-year-old male. Both patients underwent complete resection (R0) by distal gastrectomy and retrocolic gastrojejunostomy (according to Billroth 2); for both, the postoperative course was uneventful. Histology showed multiple intramural and subserosal nodules with characteristic plexiform growth, featuring bland spindle cells situated in an abundant myxoid stroma with low mitotic activity. Immunohistochemistry showed α-smooth muscle actin-positive spindle cells, focal positivity for CD10, and negative staining for KIT, DOG1, CD34, S100, β-catenin, STAT-6 and anaplastic lymphoma kinase. One of the cases showed focal positivity for h-caldesmon and desmin. Upon follow-up, no sign of disease was found. In the differential diagnosis of plexiform fibromyxoma, it is important to exclude the more common gastrointestinal stromal tumors as they have greater potential for aggressive behavior. Other lesions, like neuronal and vascular tumors, inflammatory fibroid polyps, abdominal desmoid-type fibromatosis, solitary fibrous tumors and smooth muscle tumors, must also be excluded.
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