A 25-year-old woman with a gastric GIST and a PET-positive epicardial tumor

Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2007 Mar;4(3):197-201. doi: 10.1038/ncponc0743.

Abstract

Background: A 25-year-old woman presented with a history of abdominal pain. Endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract revealed a tumor that protruded into the prepyloric antrum. After resection, a 'high-risk' gastrointestinal stromal tumor was histologically confirmed.

Investigations: Endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, hemigastrectomy, [(18)F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG)-PET/CT scan, histological examination, immunohistochemistry, cardiac MRI, high-resolution CT with electrocardiogram gating, CT angiography, and cardiac surgery.

Diagnosis: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, epicardial paraganglioma, and Carney's syndrome.

Management: Abdominal ultrasound and endoscopy combined with endoscopic ultrasound, annual FDG-PET/CT scan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Case Management
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gastrectomy
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology*
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / secondary
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / classification
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / diagnostic imaging
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / pathology*
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / surgery
  • Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericardium / pathology*
  • Pericardium / surgery
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Pyloric Antrum / diagnostic imaging
  • Pyloric Antrum / pathology
  • Pyloric Antrum / surgery
  • Remission Induction
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor