Fatal Small Bowel Bleeding with very Low Risk Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor in Jejunum / 이화의대지
The Ewha Medical Journal
;
: 72-75, 2015.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-37520
ABSTRACT
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal neoplasm of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. These tumors are frequently small, asymptomatic and found incidentally. GI bleeding is a common complication of these tumors, but small sized, very low risk GIST rarely complicated with fatal bleeding. In this report, we describe a 42-year-old woman with a jejunal GIST accompanied by severe GI bleeding. She presented with melena and an angiographic embolization was performed for a jejunal mass with bleeding. However, rebleeding was suspected after an angiographic embolization and an emergent segmental resection for the bleeding mass was performed. She was finally diagnosed as a 1.8 cm sized very low risk GIST in jejunum. In conclusion, physician should consider that even very low risk GIST can be the cause of GI bleeding when there is severe bleeding.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Melena
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
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Hemorrhage
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Jejunum
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Ewha Medical Journal
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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