Gastrointestinal Perforation Due to Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) In Small Intestine-A Case Report

Authors

  • SM lftekhar Uddeen Sagar Registrar, Department of Surgery, Sher E Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barisal, Bangladesh
  • AMSM Sharfuzzaman Professor & Head of Department of Surgery, Sher E Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barisal, Bangladesh
  • SM Nazrul lslam Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Sher E Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barisal, Bangladesh
  • Md Mahamudul Hasan Assistant Registrar, Department of Surgery, Sher E Bangle Medical College Hospital, Barisal, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jss.v20i2.43819

Keywords:

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, Perforation, lmatinib

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) is a mesenchymal tumor of GI tract. Now a daysdiagnosis of GISTs is more frequent then previous due to advance diagnostic tool. GISTsusually present with abdominal mass and GI bleeding but it may also present with manyunusual pattern like obstruction, perforation. Perforation of GISTs is extremely rare presentation.We report a case of pneumoperitoneum due to perforation of small intestinal GIST.Emergency laparotomy followed by resection and end to end anastomosis was done. Aftersurgical treatment lmatinibmesylate was given for prevention of early recurrence.

Journal of Surgical Sciences (2016) Vol. 20 (2) :65-67

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Published

2019-11-07

How to Cite

Sagar, S. lftekhar U., Sharfuzzaman, A., lslam, S. N., & Hasan, M. M. (2019). Gastrointestinal Perforation Due to Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) In Small Intestine-A Case Report. Journal of Surgical Sciences, 20(2), 65–67. https://doi.org/10.3329/jss.v20i2.43819

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2016)

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Case Reports

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