Co-existence of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors with Malign Epithelial Tumors: a Report of Two Cases |
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| Authors: | O. Firat P. Yazici O. Makay A. Aydin M. Tuncyurek S. Ersin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of General Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.;2. Department of Gastro-enterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.;3. Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. |
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| Abstract: | Aim: To emphasize the importance of a detailed observation for incidental simultaneous tumoral masses during surgery for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) at any location in the gastrointestinal system. Case presentations: Case 1: a 39 years old female patient with an esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and a synchronous small intestinal GIST discovered incidentally during esophagectomy.Case 2: a 73 years old female patient with a gastric GIST and a synchronous colorectal cancer detected incidentally during gastrectomy. In both cases, immunohistochemical examinations of the resected specimens confirmed the coexistences of GISTs and epithelial malignancies.Conclusion: The coexistences of GISTs with epithelial tumors have been increasing in recent years. In any case of a GIST or gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma, the surgeon should be alert to recognize a possible coexistent tumor with different histological origin. |
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| Keywords: | Gastrointestinal stromal tumor GIST epithelioma. |
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