CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2022; 08(03): e266-e269
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757335

1   Department of General Surgery, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon

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1   Department of General Surgery, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon

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Houssam Bashir Mazraani

1   Department of General Surgery, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon

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Delivrance Sebaaly

2   Department of Anatomic Pathology, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon

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3   Department of Internal Medicine, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon

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4   Department of Emergency Medicine, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon

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Marwan M. Haddad

5   Department of Radiology, Mount Lebanon Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

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Dani Lichaa

6   Department of General Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Geitaoui, Beirut, Lebanon

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Houssam Alam

6   Department of General Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Geitaoui, Beirut, Lebanon

› Author Affiliations Funding This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
   Permissions and Reprints Abstract

Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs) are rare mesenchymal tumors accounting for less than 1% of total gastrointestinal tumors. They tend to be aggressive and have a poor prognosis. Unfortunately, there is a lack of data or controversial data due to its scarcity. Therefore, we report a case of pelvic EGIST misdiagnosed as retroperitoneal sarcoma. We opted for surgical management followed by adjuvant oral chemotherapy with imatinib.

Keywords extra-gastrointestinal - stromal tumors - GIST - retroperitoneal sarcoma - surgery - case report

*These authors contributed equally to this work.

Publication History

Received: 02 January 2022

Accepted: 07 September 2022

Article published online:
26 September 2022

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