Erschienen in:
22.06.2019 | Case Report
Primary Gastric Leiomyosarcoma: a Case Report and Review of the Literature
verfasst von:
Rajat Garg, Ahmed AlRajjal, Richard Berri, Mohammed Barawi
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 1/2020
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Excerpt
In the post c-KIT era, true smooth muscle neoplasms of the GI tract have received little attention and are extremely rare tumors with a reported prevalence of 1%. It is important to differentiate leiomyosarcomas (LMS) from gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), as GISTs are responsive to tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Here, we report a case of primary gastric LMS in an adult with a review of the literature of similarly published cases with special emphasis on pathology and treatment. …