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Gastrointestinal bleeding in a pregnant woman: mucinous cystic neoplasm of pancreas mimicking gastrointestinal stromal tumor of stomach

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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Abstract

A 38-year-old woman presented in early pregnancy with anemia due to an ulcerated gastric tumor which had the typical clinical presentation and endoscopic appearance of a gastric leiomyoma or gastrointestinal stromal tumor. At surgery this was subsequently found to be a mucinous cystic tumor of pancreas. Review of the literature shows that both gastrointestinal hemorrhage and infiltration of stomach are infrequent complications of this tumor.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, UK

    T. H. Brown

  2. University Hospitals, Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK

    V. S. Menon

  3. Department of Radiology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, UK

    D. G. Richards

  4. Department of Histopathology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, UK

    A. P. Griffiths

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Brown, T.H., Menon, V.S., Richards, D.G. et al. Gastrointestinal bleeding in a pregnant woman: mucinous cystic neoplasm of pancreas mimicking gastrointestinal stromal tumor of stomach. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 16, 681–683 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00534-009-0159-6

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