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Gastric leiomyosarcoma mimicking a cystic tumor at the pancreatic tail--one case report.

Authors :
Chen JH
Wang HP
Wu MS
Chou AL
Lin CC
Shun CT
Lee PH
Lin JT
Source :
Hepato-gastroenterology [Hepatogastroenterology] 1998 Nov-Dec; Vol. 45 (24), pp. 2468-70.
Publication Year :
1998

Abstract

A 73 year-old female patient suffered from anemia and a palpable abdominal mass. Abdominal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion with papillary excrescences at the pancreatic tail. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed a normal pancreatic duct, but a small submucosal tumor was found in the stomach incidentally. Laparotomy disclosed an exophytic tumor arising from the submucosal layer of the stomach. Pathology revealed a gastric leiomyosarcoma with remarkable liquefaction and cystic change. Gastric leiomyosarcoma can be so necrotic as to be mistaken for a cystic tumor. It is critically important to differentiate the peripancreatic cystic lesion because the treatment strategy is totally different.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0172-6390
Volume :
45
Issue :
24
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Hepato-gastroenterology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9951946