Pediatric GIST presenting as anemia |
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Authors: | Paola Cianci Chiara Luini Maddalena Marinoni Luigi Nespoli Alessandro Salvatoni |
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Institution: | Pediatric Department, University of Insubria, Ospedale “F. Del Ponte” Varese, Italy |
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Abstract: | Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are tumors of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract originating from the myenteric ganglion cells (interstitial cells of Cajal), that are very rare in children and adolescents. The most common clinical manifestation is acute or chronic, overt or occult GI bleeding although these tumors are asymptomatic in 10–30% of patients. We report a case of gastric GIST in a 11-year-old girl presenting with an iron deficiency refractory anemia without gastrointestinal symptoms and stool evidence of GI bleeding that caused a slight diagnostic delay. |
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Keywords: | Anemia children fecal blood gastrointestinal stromal tumor GIST |
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