GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR MIMICKING GYNECOLOGICAL DISEASE

YUTAKA MORIMURA; NAOYUKI YAMASHITA; NOBUATSU KOYAMA; TAKEHARU OHZEKI; TOMOKO TAKAYAMA; KEIYA FUJIMORI; AKIRA SATO

doi:10.5387/fms.52.21

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GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR MIMICKING GYNECOLOGICAL DISEASE

YUTAKA MORIMURA, NAOYUKI YAMASHITA, NOBUATSU KOYAMA, TAKEHARU OHZEKI, TOMOKO TAKAYAMA, KEIYA FUJIMORI, AKIRA SATO

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Keywords: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, preoperative diagnosis, ovarian fibroma, uterine leiomyoma

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2006 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages 21-28

DOI https://doi.org/10.5387/fms.52.21

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Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are common mesenchymal tumors of the digestive tract. These tumors occasionally present a pelvic mass and leading to the misdiagnosis of gynecologic diseases. Two patients with GIST in the small intestine giving an impression of an ovarian fibroma and a uterine leiomyoma respectively were diagnosed correctly at the surgery. In the patients with a pelvic mass, especially if unusual symptoms and laboratory data being not compatible with gynecological disease, the possibility of diseases other than a gynecologic disease has to be considered.

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