Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the lesser omentum in a young adult patient with a history of hepatoblastoma: Report of a case
A gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the lesser omentum is extremely rare. This report presents a case of GIST of the lesser omentum in a 22-year-old man with a history of hepatoblastoma. Computed tomography showed an abdominal mass about 30 mm in diameter adjacent to the lesser wall of the st...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2009-04, Vol.39 (4), p.349-352 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the lesser omentum is extremely rare. This report presents a case of GIST of the lesser omentum in a 22-year-old man with a history of hepatoblastoma. Computed tomography showed an abdominal mass about 30 mm in diameter adjacent to the lesser wall of the stomach. A laparotomy showed a mass of about 27 × 24 × 20 mm in diameter originating from the lesser omentum but isolated from the stomach and the liver. Histopathology showed that the tumor was composed of spindle-shaped tumor cells with high cellularity. Immunohistochemically, the tumor was positive for KIT and CD34. An in-frame deletion was observed in the
c-kit
gene exon 11. Therefore, the tumor was diagnosed as a GIST originating from the lesser omentum. |
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ISSN: | 0941-1291 1436-2813 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00595-008-3844-1 |