A Gastric Glomus Tumor Treated by Endoscopic Resection / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
;
: 343-347, 2009.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-206462
ABSTRACT
Glomus tumors are benign lesions that originate from modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body. These tumors are commonly observed in the dermis or subcutis, but they are only rarely found in the stomach. We describe here a 37-year- old male patient who presented with intermittent epigastric pain and in whom a submucosal tumor was encountered during performance of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. A gastrofibroscopy demonstrated a 12 mm sized submucosal mass with central ulceration on the greater curvature-posterior wall of the high body. Endoscopic ultrasonography revealed a circumscribed inhomogeneneous hypo- echoic mass with a focal hyperechoic mass in the third layer of the stomach. We resected the entire mass using an endoscopic resection technique, and there were no complications. Histologically, the tumor cells had uniform small nucleuses with inconspicuous nucleoli. Immunochemical analysis of the tumor cells showed positivity for smooth muscle actin and negativity for CD34, KIT, S100 protein and desmin. This is the first case of a glomus tumor of the stomach that was resected by endoscopic resection.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Stomach
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Ulcer
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Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
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Actins
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Glomus Tumor
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Endosonography
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Dermis
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Myocytes, Smooth Muscle
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Desmin
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Muscle, Smooth
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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