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Thursday, 9 April 2026

CASE 900: COEXISTING of GASTRIC GIST and LEIOMYOMA, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr TRAN THI BAO CHAU, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

 A 70 year-old woman with feeling of being gassy.

Ultrasound detected a # 45x21mm hypoechoic tumor of the gastric cardia.



MSCT and endoscopy confirmed the  45×21mm gastric tumor.


Gastroendoscopy noted a  cardia tumor pushed from outside. 


But endoscopic surgery detected another gastric GIST tumor of  the together the cardia tumor.


Results of the specimen with immunochemistry staining were a leiomyoma of the cardia coexisting of a GIST tumor of the gastric tuberosity.





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