A rare perforated gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the jejunum: a case report

Turk J Gastroenterol. 2011;22(2):208-12. doi: 10.4318/tjg.2011.0195.

Abstract

We herein report a 45-year-old Chinese male with a perforated jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor causing acute diffuse peritonitis and incomplete intestinal obstruction. At urgent laparotomy, a perforated tumor was found in the jejunum about 40 cm from the Treitz's ligament, and the upper small intestine was twisted 1080°. The clinical symptom of this case is extremely rare, and has not been reported in the literature previously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intestinal Perforation / surgery
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peritonitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed