Appendiceal GIST: report of an exceptional case and review of the litterature

Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the appendix are a rare entity. To date, only eight cases has been described in the literature, most of which have been of the benign type. We report a new case of an appendiceal GIST in a 75-year-old man. The tumor was discovered when the patient presente...

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Published inThe Pan African medical journal Vol. 15; no. 85
Main Authors Bouassida, Mahdi, Chtourou, Mohamed Fadhel, Chalbi, Emna, Chebbi, Fathi, Hamzaoui, Lamine, Sassi, Selim, Charfi, Lamia, Mighri, Mohamed Mongi, Touinsi, Hassen, Sassi, Sadok
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Pan African Medical Journal 2013
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appendiceal gist
cd34
peritonitis
surgery
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Summary:Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the appendix are a rare entity. To date, only eight cases has been described in the literature, most of which have been of the benign type. We report a new case of an appendiceal GIST in a 75-year-old man. The tumor was discovered when the patient presented with an acute appendiceacal peritonitis.Preoperative diagnosis of appendiceal GIST was rarely done as tumors were usually associated with appendicitis-like symptoms.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2013.15.85.2430