An Abdominal Mass Case Which is Rarely Seen and Hard to Diagnose: Duodenal Stromal Tumor: In a Case Report
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P: 51-52
September 2005

An Abdominal Mass Case Which is Rarely Seen and Hard to Diagnose: Duodenal Stromal Tumor: In a Case Report

İstanbul Med J 2005;6(3):51-52
1. SB İstanbul Eğitim Hastanesi 3. Genel Cerrahi Kliniği, Asistan doktor
2. SB İstanbul Eğitim Hastanesi 3. Genel Cerrahı Kliniği, Şef
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ABSTRACT

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GST), areseenin duodenum rarely. Duodenum derived GST, gives no other symptoms other than abdarninal mass unlike the other GST. lmaging studies are not useful for precise diagnose. They only help us to localize the mass. The threatment is surgical operatıon. Unlike therapy of mucosa and submocasa derived duodenum tumor, pancreas or duodenum resection is not required in therapy of duodenal stromal turnar which is tumorectomy. In our study, we aimed to report that a case of duodenal sıramal tumor with an only symptom of abdomjnal mass.

Keywords:
Gastrointestinal, stromal, tumor, duodenum