Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor in the rectovaginal septum in an adolescent

Mario Muñoz; Carolina Echeverri; Pedro T Ramirez; Lina Echeverri; Luis Rene Pareja

doi:10.1016/j.gynor.2013.05.004

Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor in the rectovaginal septum in an adolescent

Gynecol Oncol Case Rep. 2013 May 15:5:67-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gynor.2013.05.004. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Mario Muñoz¹, Carolina Echeverri², Pedro T Ramirez³, Lina Echeverri⁴, Luis Rene Pareja⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Instituto de Cancerologia, Clínica las Américas, Medellin, Colombia.
² Department of Pathology, Clínica Las Américas, Medellin, Colombia.
³ Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
⁴ Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Instituto de Cancerologia, Clinica Las Americas, Medellin, Colombia.
⁵ Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Instituto de Cancerologia, Clínica las Américas, Medellin, Colombia ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia.

Abstract

•We report a rare case of EGIST in rectovaginal septrum.•Adolescent patient who died due to an aggressive EGIST•Infrequent type of pelvic EGIST and literature review.

Keywords: Adolescent; Antineoplastic agent resistance; Gastronintestinal stromal tumor; Imatinib; Pelvic exenteration; Treatment failure.