CASE 726: BOWEL TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr PHAM THỊ THANH XUÂN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC,

 A 55 year-old woman with anemia and dark stool complained epigastric and subcostal pain for one year.

Ultrasound detected a bowel tumor # 20-40mm above aorta, hypoechoic without vascular signals maybe bowel GIST. 

MSCT confirmed  a #20×43 mm bowel GIST.

Surgery removed the tumor. Histopathological result is GIST (spindle cell tumor).

DISCUSSIONS 

GIST of the GI tract can be found by ultrasound, particularly from the bowel wall. Three cases from the bowel—one from the rectum, one from the stomach—are being revealed at Medic Center.

However, using chemohistopathological staining and histopathological results, MSCT plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of GIST of gastrointestinal tract.