Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST): A Remarkable Case Report and Literature Review

Bassey Enodien; Dana Hendie; Tobias Müller; Stephanie Taha-Mehlitz; Daniel M Frey; Anas Taha

doi:10.7759/cureus.35931

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST): A Remarkable Case Report and Literature Review

Cureus. 2023 Mar 9;15(3):e35931. doi: 10.7759/cureus.35931. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Bassey Enodien¹, Dana Hendie², Tobias Müller¹, Stephanie Taha-Mehlitz³, Daniel M Frey¹, Anas Taha¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, GZO Hospital, Wetzikon, CHE.
² Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Sulaiman Al Rajhi University, Albukairyah, SAU.
³ Clarunis, Department of Visceral Surgery, University Center for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, St. Clara Hospital and University Hospital Basel, Basel, CHE.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) makes up less than 1% of all gastrointestinal tumors, but it is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the digestive system. It is commonly found in the stomach and the small intestine and rarely seen in the colon and the esophagus. Additionally, sigmoid GIST is quite rare since colorectal GIST often occurs in the rectum. A total of 21 patients (including the study case) were looked at for this study, of which 14 (66.6%) were males and seven (33.3%) were females. We focused on GIST and conducted an online search and systematic analysis of all case presentations.

Keywords: colorectal gist; gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist); gist; perforation; review.

Publication types

Case Reports