TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor with skeletal muscle, adrenal and cardiac metastases
T2 - An unusual occurrence
AU - Bashir, Usman
AU - Qureshi, Asim
AU - Khan, Haseeb A.
AU - Uddin, Najam
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the bowel. It most commonly arises in the stomach, followed by the small intestine, colorectum and the esophagus. It usually spreads to the liver or the peritoneum, with bone and lung metastases being infrequent. Here, we present a case report of GIST behaving in a bizarre way. The patient presented with skeletal muscle metastasis and was initially misdiagnosed as leiomyosarcoma. On follow-up, he developed adrenal metastasis, and later, cardiac metastasis. None of the above unusual sites has previously been reported in literature to our knowledge.
AB - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the bowel. It most commonly arises in the stomach, followed by the small intestine, colorectum and the esophagus. It usually spreads to the liver or the peritoneum, with bone and lung metastases being infrequent. Here, we present a case report of GIST behaving in a bizarre way. The patient presented with skeletal muscle metastasis and was initially misdiagnosed as leiomyosarcoma. On follow-up, he developed adrenal metastasis, and later, cardiac metastasis. None of the above unusual sites has previously been reported in literature to our knowledge.
KW - Gastrointestinal
KW - metastasis
KW - stromal tumor
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U2 - 10.4103/0377-4929.81638
DO - 10.4103/0377-4929.81638
M3 - Article
C2 - 21623091
AN - SCOPUS:79959267883
SN - 0377-4929
VL - 54
SP - 362
EP - 364
JO - Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
JF - Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
IS - 2
ER -