Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in an adolescent

• Autores principales: Musaub Khan (Autor), Ratul Bhattacharyya (Autor), Elias Fakhoury (Autor), Jamshed Zuberi (Autor), Robert V. Madlinger (Autor), Dennis L. Bordan (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: 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...