Gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Abstract

Stromal tumors are the most common mesenchymal tumors in the digestive tract. Epidemiological data have shown an incidence of 11-20 per million people, the average age of diagnosis being 58 years. The location of these tumors can be anywhere on the gastrointestinal tract. The positive diagnosis is established by histopathological and immunohistochemical examination. The evolution of patients is correlated with the size of the initial tumor, the mitotic index and the topographic location. We present the case of a patient with an old anemic syndrome, considered deficiency anemia, with multiple hospitalizations, without response to substitution therapy that suddenly developed ascites. CT scan of the abdomen revealed a large abdominal tumor with jejunal origin. The positive diagnosis was established postoperatively by correlating the histopathological aspects with the immunohistochemical tests. The postoperative evolution was marked by complications, and one week later, the patient died secondary to a jejuno-colic fistula.