Is it Feasible to Concomitantly Resect Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor during Bariatric Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy?

Muhammad Al-Zetawi, Hisham Shabani and Samer Al Sawalhi

Department of Surgery, Al-Essra' Hospital, Amman, Jordan

^*Correspondance to: Samer Al Sawalhi 

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Abstract:

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) is one of the bariatric procedures used to ameliorate multiple comorbidities associated with obesity. Moreover, the incidence of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) has been found to be more in obese patients. We noticed incidentally a round shape mass, 3 cm x 3 cm in size in the anterior wall of the stomach, closer to the lesser curvature during LSG. The mass was resected successfully laparoscopically with guidance of the endoscope. The frozen section result confirmed the presence of GIST tumor with free margins. GISTs wedge resection during LSG can be done safely depending on the location of the tumor.

Keywords:

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy(LSG); Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB); Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs); Gastrointestinal (GI); Body Mass Index (BMI)

Cite the Article:

Al-Zetawi M, Shabani H, Al Sawalhi S. Is it Feasible to Concomitantly Resect Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor during Bariatric Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy?. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2017; 2: 1346.