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A Rare Case of a Ruptured Metastatic Hepatic Lesion from a Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Treated by Arterial Embolization.

Authors :
Salame, Hassan
Issa, Mahdi
Nicolas, Gregory
Haddad, Juliano
Hadad, Marwan M.
Farhat, Firas S.
Moubarak, Hussein
Kfoury, Tony
Zaghrini, Elie
Wakim, Raja
Source :
American Journal of Case Reports; 12/13/2018, p1480-1487, 8p
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Objective: Rare disease Background: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare gastrointestinal neoplasms. The spontaneous rupture of a jejunal GIST is very rare and spontaneous rupture of liver metastasis from an intestinal GIST is even rarer with only a few cases reported in the literature. Case Report: In this article, we reported a case of spontaneous rupture of a liver metastasis from a malignant jejunal GIST that presented with active tumoral bleeding, hypovolemic shock, and hemoperitoneum. The patient was successfully treated with arterial embolization of the tumor. Conclusions: In appropriately selected patients, arterial embolization appears to be an effective safe treatment for a GIST metastasis rupture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19415923
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
American Journal of Case Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
133549943
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.910061