Year 2024 / Volume 116 / Number 11
Letter
Jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a diagnostic challenge

636-637

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10108/2023

Maria Gómez Otero, Eduardo Valdivielso Cortázar, Carmen Cabezal Iglesias, Lucía Pérez Vior, Laura Pardeiro Mariño, Roque Nogueira Fariña, Sara Gamundi Barros, Pedro Alonso Aguirre,

Abstract
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. These tumors usually affect people over 50 years of age and they exhibit a wide range of clinical manifestations, including asymptomatic patients, nonspecific symptoms, obstruction or bleeding, which may delay diagnosis. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial because GISTs can be aggressive and metastasize. This case highlights the importance of considering GISTs in the differential diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Gómez Otero M, Valdivielso Cortázar E, Cabezal Iglesias C, Pérez Vior L, Pardeiro Mariño L, Nogueira Fariña R, et all. Jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a diagnostic challenge. 10108/2023


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Publication history

Received: 21/11/2023

Accepted: 12/12/2023

Online First: 11/01/2024

Published: 11/11/2024

Article Online First time: 51 days

Article editing time: 356 days


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