Spontaneous intratumoral bleeding and rupture of giant gastric stromal tumor (> 30 cm) in a young patient
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Spontaneous intratumoral bleeding and rupture of giant gastric stromal tumor (> 30 cm) in a young patient
BACKGROUND Few cases of GIST bigger than 15 cm have been reported in medical literature, all primarily in elderly patients. We report an unusual case, in which a giant gastric GIST - in a young patient - presented as spontaneous intratumoral bleeding followed by intraluminal rupture. CASE PRESENTATION A 37-year-old man was admitted with an acute onset of abdominal pain. CT showed a 32 x 25 cm...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-76