Gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a young Yemeni female patient

ABSTRACT

We are reporting a gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor [GIST] in a young Yemeni female patient who was presented to us with recurrent upper GI bleeding and whose upper GI endoscopy showed an antral oval tumor presenting a deep ulceration on its top with black blood clot in ulcer crater. The final histological diagnosis was reached after performing immunohistochemical examination abroad .This is the first report on GISTs from our country. It may increase the awareness and interest in our medical community on this type of tumors and highlights the importance of immunohistochemical staining in the diagnosis of many neoplastic tumors, including GISTs. The availability of such test in our pathology laboratories is considered necessary