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Case description

This 59 year-old female presented with abdominal pain and melena. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and are thought to develop from the interstitial cells of Cajal, innervated cells associated with the Auerbach plexus. GISTs are typically defined by the expression of c-KIT (CD117) in the tumor cells, as these activating KIT mutations are seen in 85-95% of GISTs. About 3-5% of the remainder of KIT -negative GISTs contain PDGFR alpha mutations

tags: GIST gastroscopy TUMOR KIT

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