MASSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR OF THE STOMACH. CLINICAL CASE

Agnė Talačkaitė, Daumantas Radzevičius, Audrius Ivanauskas Abstract Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare overall but the most common malignant mesenchymal tumors in the gastrointestinal tract. The decisive factor for the diagnosis in addition to objective symptoms is the expres­sion of the proto-oncogene KIT (CD117) receptor. The most common treatment is surgical resection, preceded by neoadjuvant…