Clinically, they range from small indolent tumours curable with surgery alone to aggressive cancers. Making a distinction between an indolent and a malignant GIST is unreliable with conventional ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are malignant mesenchymal tumours that originate from the interstitial pacemaker cells of Cajal. They are particularly rare, comprising only 5% of all GISTs, ...

nhct.nhs.uk This paper describes a patient with an inoperable gastrointestinal stromal tumour with moderate volume malignant ascites. A large-volume paracentesis caused haemodynamic instability and a ...

Mesenchymal tumours with clinicopathological and molecular profiles similar to gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are, on occasion, found in extragastrointestinal locations. Extra GIST (EGIST) ...

We evaluated 36 pathologically proven small bowel lesions, including 28 malignant cases (14 malignant lymphoma, 5 gastrointestinal stromal tumor [GIST], 4 adenocarcinoma, 1 mucinous carcinoma, 1 ...

Our series includes malignant SB lesions confirmed with histopathology (endoscopic or surgical) and/or long-term clinical follow-up. Pathologies include primary SB adenocarcinomas, enteropathic ...