Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine (Jan 2016)

Small Intestinal and Mesenteric Multiple Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Causing Occult Bleeding

  • Tolga Dinc,
  • Selami Ilgaz Kayilioglu,
  • Ahmet Erdogan,
  • Erdinc Cetinkaya,
  • Ozgur Akgul,
  • Faruk Coskun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/5137975
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2016

Abstract

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the meseancymal neoplasms which may involve any part of gastrointestinal tract. C-Kit and platelet derived factor receptor alpha polypeptide are believed to be responsible for the genetic basis. This case presentation aimed to discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic modality of multiple small intestinal, omental, and mesenteric GISTs with different sizes which caused occult bleeding in a 43-year-old male patient.