Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) mistaken for pancreatic pseudocyst – case report and literature review

A 74‐year‐old female patient underwent a Roux‐en‐Y cystjejunostomy for pancreatic pseudocyst developed several melena episodes and she was surgically reappraised. The main diagnostic concern was a pancreatic cystic neoplasm. A 12 × 8.0 × 5.0 cm retro‐gastric lesion was resected and pathology report indicated an unsuspected gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). The report aimed to describe an atypical presentation of GIST.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Clinical Case Reports

• Publication date

  2014-07-17

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/ccr3.92PMID 25614811PMCID 4302625
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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