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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Causing Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An Uncommon Way of Diagnosing An Uncommon Disease
Gastroenterology
  • Karolina Dziadkowiec, HCA Healthcare
  • Peter Stawinski, HCA Healthcare
  • Sergio Sanchez-Luna, University of New Mexico - Main Campus
  • Aviv Katz, HCA Healthcare
Division
East Florida
Hospital
JFK Medical Center
Document Type
Case Report
Publication Date
8-4-2020
Keywords
  • gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist),
  • obscure gastrointestinal bleeding,
  • endoscopy
Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are neoplasms that arise from the wall of the gastrointestinal tract or, rarely, from other intra-abdominal tissues. They are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and they should be considered in the differential diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Computed tomography angiogram (CTA) can be utilized as an alternative imaging study when endoscopic and colonoscopy results are non-diagnostic. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with recurrent episodes of obscure overt gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).

Publisher or Conference
Cureus
Citation Information
Dziadkowiec KN, Stawinski P, Sánchez-Luna SA, et al. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Causing Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An Uncommon Way of Diagnosing An Uncommon Disease. Cureus. 2020 Aug;12(8):e9558. doi:10.7759/cureus.9558