GIST Revealed by Small Bowel Volvulus: Case Report
Published: 2022-12-10
Page: 431-434
Issue: 2022 - Volume 5 [Issue 2]
I. Elazzaoui
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
M. Lamghari
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
M. Sabur
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
A. Maazouz
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
H. Hablaj
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
M. Aboulfateh
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
A. Bensal
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
M. Najih
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
M. Moujahid
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
H. Kaoui
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
S. M. Bouchentouf
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
A. Bounaim *
Department of Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract; the clinical presentations of GIST are highly variable according to their site and size; gastrointestinal bleeding, abdominal pain and mass related symptoms.
We present a rare case of a small bowel volvulus revealing a jejunal GIST, who benefited from a surgical cure followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.
Keywords: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, volvulus, small bowel, chemotherapy