A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Jejuneal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour

Ramazan Kuşaslan, Talar Vartanoğlu,Gülçin Hepgül, Osman Bilgin Gulcicek, Yüksel Altınel, Mehmet Öncü, Yazgı Köy, Şenay Yalçın and Fatih Çelebi

Department of General Surgery, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Department of Radiology, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Department of Pathology, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital, Turkey

^*Correspondance to: Osman Bilgin Gulcicek 

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Abstract:

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract but are rarely malignant tumors of the digestive tract, accounting for 0.1% to 3.0% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms. They commonly arise from the stomach (40%-70%) and small intestine (20%-40%); other rare intestinal sites are the colon and rectum (5%-15%), and oesophagus (<5%). They can also rarely involve extraintestinal sites including the omentum, retroperitoneum, and mesentery (extra-intestinal GISTs). As a result of immunohistochemical and electronemicroscopical studies, GISTs are thought to be arised from the pacemaker cells of intestine known as Cajal cells. They are sometimes accompanied by symptoms, however in most cases are detected by chance. Complete resection is the primary treatment in the management of localized GISTs. Half of the patients have disease relapse in the first five years of surgery, and 5-year actuarial survival rate after surgery was reported as 54%. In the present case, a 70-year-old female patient presented to our emergency department with dizziness and blood in the stool. The patient was discharged in good overall condition.

Keywords:

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Hemorrhage from gastrointestinal tract

Cite the Article:

Kuşaslan R, Vartanoğlu T,Hepgül G, Gulcicek OB, Altınel Y, Öncü M, et al. A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Jejuneal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2016; 1: 1145.