Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in an adolescent

• Main Authors: Musaub Khan (Author), Ratul Bhattacharyya (Author), Elias Fakhoury (Author), Jamshed Zuberi (Author), Robert V. Madlinger (Author), Dennis L. Bordan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pediatric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are a rare form of GIST that differs in genetic origin and clinical presentation than in adults. Pediatric GIST is a mesenchymal mass that commonly grows in the stomach due to mutations in the SDH gene. Symptomatically, they are typically indolent, oc...