Brain Metastasis from Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Brain Metastasis from Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Metastasis of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) into the central nervous system is extremely rare. We report a patient with synchronous GIST and brain metastasis. At disease onset, there was left hemiplegia and ptosis of the right eyelids. Resection cytology of the brain tumor was reported as me...

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Main Authors: Hideaki Naoe, Eisuke Kaku, Yumi Ido, Rika Gushima, Yoko Maki, Hirokazu Saito, Seiichiro Yokote, Ryosuke Gushima, Kouichi Nonaka, Yohmei Hoshida, Tetsuya Murao, Tetsu Ozaki, Kazunori Yokomine, Hideki Tanaka, Hiroyasu Nagahama, Kouichi Sakurai, Motohiko Tanaka, Ken-ichi Iyama, Hideo Baba, Yutaka Sasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2011-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Mutational analysis
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Brain metastasis
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/333403

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