Case Report: Incidental Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Discovered after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
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Case Report: Incidental Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Discovered after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, MAHA A. AL-AMODE
Abstract
Objective: To report a case of gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) that was incidentally discovered after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG).
Case Report: In November 2015, a 43-years old Saudi female, presented to the General Surgery Clinic of Aseer Central Hospital, Abha City, Saudi Arabia for management of her morbidly obese (body mass index=41kg/m2). She was admitted to the General Surgery Department and was prepared for LSG, which ran smoothly. The removed part of the stomach showed a small grayish white soft-to-firm nodule attached to the wall from outside, measuring 1cm in diameter. The his-topathological features of the nodule and immunohistochemical results were consistent with benign spindle cell GIST. One year after surgery, the patient's BMI reached 29kg/m2, and she was free of GIST.
Conclusions: Histopathologic examination of LSG spec-imens is necessary as it might reveal significant incident findings.