Synchronous epithelioid stromal tumour and lipoma in the stomach

Can J Gastroenterol. 2003 Jun;17(6):374-5. doi: 10.1155/2003/627090.

Abstract

An 82-year-old man presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. A polypoid lesion of the distal stomach with focal ulceration was seen at endoscopy. This was treated by a partial gastrectomy. The resected stomach contained two separate tumours near the pylorus: a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) and an adjacent lipoma. The literature includes case reports of synchronously occurring GIST and adenocarcinoma, GIST and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma and GIST and carcinoid tumour. Herein is the first case report of two distinct mesenchymal tumors coexisting in the stomach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Gastrectomy / methods
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastroscopy
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lipoma / complications
  • Lipoma / pathology*
  • Lipoma / surgery
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Stromal Cells / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome