primary extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor stronggiststrong arising.pdf

Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 2013, 3, 267-271 OJGashttp://dx./.35045 Published Online September 2013 (rnal/ojgas/) Primary Extra-Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) arising from mesentery of small bowel and presenting as abdominal mass: A rare entity Alok Kumar Tiwari1*, Anil Kumar Choudhary2, Hemant Khowal1, Poras Chaudhary1, Mohinder P. Arora11Department of Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India 2Department of Surgery, Dr Hospital, New Delhi, India Email: *dralokty1@, dranil@, hemantkh12@, poraschaudhary1@, ******@Received 20 July 2013; revised 21 August 2013; accepted 29 August 2013 Copyright ? 2013 Alok Kumar Tiwari et al. This is an open access article distributed under the mons Attribution Li-cense, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT Introduction: Majority of mesenchymal tumors of gastrointestinal tract are Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST). It is, however, a rare tumor, account- ing for less than 1% of primary gastrointestinal (GI) neoplasms. Though, these tumors are refractory to conventional chemotherapy or radiotherapy but show a good response to targeted adjuvant chemotherapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors following surgical re- section. Case Report: we report