A Case Report of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurring in Femur
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are mesenchymal neoplasms that most commonly affect the stomach or small intestine, but can occur anywhere throughout the gastrointestinal tract. To the best of our knowledge, few cases have been reported in the literature about the femur metastasis of GIST. T...
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| description | Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are mesenchymal neoplasms that most commonly affect the stomach or small intestine, but can occur anywhere throughout the gastrointestinal tract. To the best of our knowledge, few cases have been reported in the literature about the femur metastasis of GIST. This paper describes a metastasis of a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) to the femur in a 62-year-old male, 2 years after treatment for a gastric primary. There were no signs of tumor recurrence at followup after 12 mo. This case suggests that the femur can be a potential metastatic site of GIST. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6404e51fc04c4fc8a525fa52d2334a622025-02-03T05:53:43ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362011-01-01201110.1155/2011/926179926179A Case Report of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurring in FemurChang-kun Zheng0Wu-Sheng Kan1Peng Li2Department of Orthopaedics, Pu Ai Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hanzheng Street 473, Hubei Province Wuhan 430033, ChinaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Pu Ai Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hanzheng Street 473, Hubei Province Wuhan 430033, ChinaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Pu Ai Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hanzheng Street 473, Hubei Province Wuhan 430033, ChinaGastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are mesenchymal neoplasms that most commonly affect the stomach or small intestine, but can occur anywhere throughout the gastrointestinal tract. To the best of our knowledge, few cases have been reported in the literature about the femur metastasis of GIST. This paper describes a metastasis of a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) to the femur in a 62-year-old male, 2 years after treatment for a gastric primary. There were no signs of tumor recurrence at followup after 12 mo. This case suggests that the femur can be a potential metastatic site of GIST.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/926179 |
| spellingShingle | Chang-kun Zheng Wu-Sheng Kan Peng Li A Case Report of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurring in Femur Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | A Case Report of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurring in Femur |
| title_full | A Case Report of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurring in Femur |
| title_fullStr | A Case Report of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurring in Femur |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case Report of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurring in Femur |
| title_short | A Case Report of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Occurring in Femur |
| title_sort | case report of a metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor occurring in femur |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/926179 |
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