Appendiceal GIST: report of an exceptional case and review of the literature.
Pan Afr Med J 2013;
15:85. [PMID:
24171067 PMCID:
PMC3810228 DOI:
10.11604/pamj.2013.15.85.2430]
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Abstract
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 acute appendiceacal peritonitis. Preoperative diagnosis of appendiceal GIST was rarely done as tumors were usually associated with appendicitis-like symptoms.
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