Round cell epithelioid GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumour) in an endoscopic biopsy is a diagnostic confounder

Imaging (CT, endoscopic ultrasound) impressions are at best presumptive, with issues of ready accessibility and costs involved; and modalities like endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration - will yield cytology smears - not yet optimal samples for the GIST defining immunostains - endoscop...

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Published in:BMJ case reports 2011-12, Vol.2011 (dec12 1), p.bcr1020114996-bcr1020114996
Main Authors: Abrari, Andleeb, Mukherjee, Urmi, Tandon, Rajesh, Chandrashekhar, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antigens
Asia
Biopsy - methods
Endoscopy
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Epithelioid Cells - pathology
Female
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - pathology
Humans
Images In
Indian Subcontinent
Lymphoma
Melanoma
Middle Aged
Tumors
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:Imaging (CT, endoscopic ultrasound) impressions are at best presumptive, with issues of ready accessibility and costs involved; and modalities like endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration - will yield cytology smears - not yet optimal samples for the GIST defining immunostains - endoscopic biopsy is, and will be the first essay in the investigation of presumptive GISTs, even with the accepted limitations of yield in sub mucosal/mural lesions.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.10.2011.4996