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ArticleJournal of medical cases2021

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: An Uncommon but Serious Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Firas Alawawdeh, Amna Al-Tkrit, Mohammad Aneeb, Andrew Mekaiel, Asit Mehta

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Article in Journal of medical cases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors.

Firas AlawawdehDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital, Queens, NY, USA.
Amna Al-TkritDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital, Queens, NY, USA.
Mohammad AneebDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital, Queens, NY, USA.
Andrew MekaielDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital, Queens, NY, USA.
Asit MehtaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jamaica Hospital, Queens, NY, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare tumors of the GI tract that can sometimes present as a gastrointestinal bleeding source. This report describes a patient presented with upper GI bleeding secondary to a gastric GIST, which was initially detected on endoscopy. The patient underwent surgical resection of the tumor and was started on adjuvant chemotherapy with imatinib. The patient's postoperative course was complicated by an esophageal leak requiring re-exploratory laparotomy and esophageal stent placement. The stent was removed 5 weeks later and the patient remained stable for discharge after 60 days of inpatient care.

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DOG1EndoscopyGastrointestinal stromal tumorImatinibImmunohistochemistryKITTyrosine kinase inhibitorUpper GI bleeding

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PMID34434434
PMCPMC8383613

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