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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
A 30-year-old man was diagnosed to have a large intra-abdominal tumor in 1999. A histological examination of a resected liver specimen from an operation in 2002 revealed a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), diagnosed based on positive immunostaining for CD34 and c-kit. Two years after the operation, new lesions developed in the residual liver and the lesser curvature of the stomach. An immunohistological examination of both specimens showed the features of a GIST, thus matching those of the first histological examination of the liver GIST. While there were no mutations at exon 11 of c-kit in the liver GISTs resected in 2002 and 2004, the gastric lesion had a mutation at P577L (CCT to CTT) at exon 11. Therefore, the liver GIST and the gastric lesion were diagnosed to be independent. The patient already has survived for more than 9 years after receiving surgery three times and with administration of imatinib.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1436-2813
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
633-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary large gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the liver: report of a case.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Hirokoji-Kawaramachi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports