A Case of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) in the Duodenum in a Young Adult

Dinesh Abhijeeth Shanker; Sampath Kumar; Ahmed Al-Mukhtar; Asha Dube; Nehemiah Samuel

doi:10.7759/cureus.53331

A Case of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) in the Duodenum in a Young Adult

Cureus. 2024 Jan 31;16(1):e53331. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53331. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Dinesh Abhijeeth Shanker¹, Sampath Kumar², Ahmed Al-Mukhtar³, Asha Dube⁴, Nehemiah Samuel⁵

Affiliations

¹ General Internal Medicine, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster, GBR.
² Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster, GBR.
³ Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Sheffield, GBR.
⁴ Histopathology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Sheffield, GBR.
⁵ Gastrointestinal Surgery, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster, GBR.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies, but the most prevalent mesenchymal tumours of the GI tract arise from the interstitial cells of Cajal. They account for 1-3% of all GI malignancies, and only 3-5% of all cases of GIST are located at the duodenal. We present a case of a young adult who presented to the ED with symptoms of GI bleeding.

Keywords: duodenal cancer; gastrointestinal bleed; gastrointestinal neoplasms; gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist); oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (ogd).

Publication types

Case Reports