Imatinib-induced pathologic changes including bile duct dilatation in hepatic metastases of gastrointestinal stromal tumor: case report and review of literature

J Cancer Res Ther. 2014 Jul-Sep;10(3):763-6. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.136030.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as imatinibmesylate, have been used for the adjuvant treatment of KIT-positive GISTs. Several pathologic changes after imatinib treatment of metastatic GIST including tumor necrosis, myxohyaline or sclerohyalinestroma, proliferative index decline, a varying degree of hemorrhage, edema, and cystic change have been reported in previous studies. More specifically, cystic changes after imatinib treatment were mainly induced by necrosis, hemorrhage, and degeneration. Until now, there have been no reports of cystic changes due to a dilated bile duct entrapped by a totally regressed tumor. We report a case of a 61-year-old man who was diagnosed with high-risk GIST of the stomach complicated by hepatic metastasis and who had such a unique pathologic changes with imatinib treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Benzamides / adverse effects*
  • Benzamides / therapeutic use
  • Bile Ducts / drug effects*
  • Bile Ducts / pathology*
  • Biopsy
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / drug therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Piperazines / adverse effects*
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Pyrimidines / adverse effects*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Benzamides
  • Piperazines
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Pyrimidines
  • Imatinib Mesylate