Primary EGIST of the greater omentum - a rare presentation
Acta Chir Belg. 2023 Apr 20:1-6. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2023.2201084. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExtragastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms, which develop in the retroperitoneum, mesentery, and omentum, lacking continuity to the stomach or intestines. Authors hereby present a female patient with a large heterogeneous abdominal mass as a case of an omental EGIST. A 46-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to an insidious enlargement and colicky pain in the right iliac fossa. Abdominal palpation revealed a voluminous, freely mobile, and non-pulsatile mesoabdominal bulge expanding...
Source: Acta Chirurgica Belgica - April 7, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Miguel Almeida Fabiana Sousa Fernando Resende V ítor Devesa Ant ónio Ferrão Silvestre Carneiro Pedro Can ão Elisabete Barbosa Jos é Barbosa Source Type: research
Primary egist of the greater omentum - a rare presentation
CONCLUSION: Despite an extremely diverse presentation, omental EGISTs often remain clinically silent for a long time having enough space to grow before becoming symptomatic. These tumors have a consistent pattern of metastasis that typically spares lymph nodes unlike epithelial gut neoplasms. Surgery remains the preferred treatment for non-metastatic EGISTs of the greater omentum. It is possible that DOG-1 will supplant KIT as the leading marker in the future. The scarcity of knowledge on omental EGISTs implies a close monitoring of these patients to detect local relapse or distant metastasis.PMID:37027318 (Source: Acta Chirurgica Belgica)
Source: Acta Chirurgica Belgica - April 7, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Miguel Almeida Fabiana Sousa Fernando Resende V ítor Devesa Ant ónio Ferrão Silvestre Carneiro Pedro Can ão Elisabete Barbosa Jos é Barbosa Source Type: research
