Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Work up for abdominal pain and dyspepsia.

Patient Data

Age: 65 years
Gender: Female

A 45×25 mm weel defined polypoid intraluminal mass with homogeneous enhancement and without calcification is present in the gastric body. There is no sign of local invasion to the adjacent structures and no extra gastric extension.

A few nonenhanced simple cortical cysts are seen in both kidneys.

Case Discussion

The patient's gastric mass resection and histopathology evaluation confirmed gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) without malignant transformation. 

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