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Pancreatic GIST in a Patient with Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report and Review of Published Cases
Joint Authors
Phan, Minh
Jones, Shari
Jenkins, Justin
Pant, Shubham
Khawandanah, Mohamad
Source
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and usually occur in the stomach and the small intestine.
The pancreas is an extremely rare primary site for GISTs and there are 25 reported cases of pancreatic GIST with most being treated with surgical resection.
We describe a 52-year-old African-American female who was diagnosed with limited stage small cell carcinoma in November 2009 and treated with concurrent cisplatin/etoposide chemotherapy and radiation.
She subsequently achieved complete remission.
Two years later she was diagnosed with localized pancreatic GIST by endoscopic ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration.
We treated her with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) imatinib 400 mg oral dose daily as she declined surgery.
Her disease is stable based on computed tomography imaging scans 40 months after diagnosis without any metastasis.
To the best of our knowledge, our case is the second case of localized pancreatic GIST treated with TKI monotherapy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Phan, Minh& Jones, Shari& Jenkins, Justin& Pant, Shubham& Khawandanah, Mohamad. 2016. Pancreatic GIST in a Patient with Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report and Review of Published Cases. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101753
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Phan, Minh…[et al.]. Pancreatic GIST in a Patient with Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report and Review of Published Cases. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101753
American Medical Association (AMA)
Phan, Minh& Jones, Shari& Jenkins, Justin& Pant, Shubham& Khawandanah, Mohamad. Pancreatic GIST in a Patient with Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report and Review of Published Cases. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101753
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101753