Synchronous occurrence of small intestinal stromal tumor and cecal adenocarcinoma

Arch Iran Med. 2008 Nov;11(6):665-8.

Abstract

Synchronous development of gastrointestinal stromal tumors with other tumors in the digestive tract is relatively rare, and often occurs in the stomach. We report a 76-year-old woman, who suffered from the exceedingly rare synchronous development of small intestinal stromal tumor and cecal adenocarcinoma. The patient presented with intestinal obstructive symptoms. The pre-operative abdominal ultrasonography demonstrated a very large heterogenous periumbilical mass. Laparotomy was performed and the evaluation of the surgical specimen revealed a huge 14-cm subserosal mass of high risk ileal stromal tumor along with cecal adenocarcinoma with regional lymph node metastasis. The patient died within 3 months of diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Cecal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Cecal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / surgery
  • Humans
  • Ileal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ileal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Laparotomy
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery