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Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Associated with Synchronous Periampullary Adenocarcinoma – A Case Report

1Department of Surgery, Sudha Hospital & Medical Research Centre Kota, Rajasthan, India

2Sudha Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Talwandi, Kota, Rajasthan, India

3Director & Head of Department of Surgery, Sudha Hospital & Medical Research Centre Kota, Rajasthan, India


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2014, Vol. 2 No. 1, 12-15
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-2-1-4
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education Publishing

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Kumar Jayant, Swati Agrawal, Rajendra Agarwal. Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Associated with Synchronous Periampullary Adenocarcinoma – A Case Report. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2014; 2(1):12-15. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-2-1-4.

Correspondence to: Kumar  Jayant, Department of Surgery, Sudha Hospital & Medical Research Centre Kota, Rajasthan, India. Email: jayantsun@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract with a malignant potential and unpredictable behavior. In the literature very few cases of synchronous development of a GIST with other neoplasia of different incidence, etiology, evolution and prognosis have been described.

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