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Endoscopic enucleation of gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach: Report of five cases

2008; Baishideng Publishing Group; Volume: 14; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3748/wjg.14.2609

2219-2840

Toshio Katoh, Yasuhiko Itoh, Tomomi Mohri, Hiroshi Suzuki,

Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the stomach was treated by endoscopic enucleation in five patients.They were three men and two woman, aged 36-56 years.Tumors located in the cardia were completely enucleated endoscopically without any serious complication.The largest diameter of removed tumors ranged from 1.2 to 2.5 cm.Histopathological diagnosis was GIST with low risk of malignancy (mitotic index < 5/50 high power field) in all cases.The patients were disease-free for 10.5-42.2mo after endoscopic enucleation.