Primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the left hepatic lobe: a case report and a review of the literature

Athanasios Piachas; Andreas Tooulias; Georgios Tsoulfas

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjab572

Primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the left hepatic lobe: a case report and a review of the literature

J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Dec 23;2021(12):rjab572. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab572. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Athanasios Piachas¹, Andreas Tooulias², Georgios Tsoulfas¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Transplant Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) can arise from any site of the gastrointestinal tract. These tumors are known to originate from the interstitial cells of Cajal, located in the gastrointestinal mesenchyme. In the case presented, a 37-year-old Caucasian male was admitted to our Surgery department with 2-month history of mild abdominal pain, early satiety and flatulence. The computed tomography revealed a huge mass in the left hepatic lobe consisting of both spindle and epithelial cells. Immunohistochemistry revealed strong CD117 positivity expression. Only a few other cases of liver GIST have been reported in the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports