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Multiple Metastatic Extra-gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors with Plasmoid Differentiation: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Li-Juan YeKun LiKai-Min XuJing YuanFengming Ran
Published in: Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) (2023)
Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs) are rare mesenchymal tumors that arise from the abdominal, pelvic or retroperitoneal region, unrelated to the gastrointestinal tract. However, cases with a plasmoid morphology are extremely rare. we hererin report a 49-year-old man with abdominal pain who underwent magnetic resonance imaging that revealed an irregular tumor (103×71 mm) in size, in the space between stomach and pancreas, diagnosed as an EGISIT, we also reviewed the clinicopathological characteristics and immunohistochemical characteristics, molecular genetic features and differential diagnoses previously reported in the literature.
Keyphrases
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • abdominal pain
  • stem cells
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • systematic review
  • small cell lung cancer
  • bone marrow
  • computed tomography
  • gene expression
  • minimally invasive