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Mesenteric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

MedGen UID:
269194
•Concept ID:
C1513146
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Mesenteric EGIST; Mesenteric Extragastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Definition

A gastrointestinal stromal tumor that arises from the mesentery. This is an extragastrointestinal tumor, meaning that it does not arise directly from the gastrointestinal tract. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMesenteric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Professional guidelines

PubMed

GEIS guidelines for gastrointestinal sarcomas (GIST).
Poveda A, García Del Muro X, López-Guerrero JA, Cubedo R, Martínez V, Romero I, Serrano C, Valverde C, Martín-Broto J; GEIS (Grupo Español de Investigación en Sarcomas/Spanish Group for Sarcoma Research)
Cancer Treat Rev 2017 Apr;55:107-119. Epub 2017 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2016.11.011. PMID: 28351781
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: review on morphology, molecular pathology, prognosis, and differential diagnosis.
Miettinen M, Lasota J
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006 Oct;130(10):1466-78. doi: 10.5858/2006-130-1466-GSTROM. PMID: 17090188
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): definition, occurrence, pathology, differential diagnosis and molecular genetics.
Miettinen M, Lasota J
Pol J Pathol 2003;54(1):3-24. PMID: 12817876

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinicopathological features and prognosis of mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor: evaluation of a pooled case series.
Feng F, Feng B, Liu S, Liu Z, Xu G, Guo M, Lian X, Fan D, Zhang H
Oncotarget 2017 Jul 11;8(28):46514-46522. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14880. PMID: 28147326Free PMC Article
Primitive mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor with autonomic nerve/ganglionic differentiation presenting as a huge mass with small synchronous nodules.
Basile A, Kettenbach J, Mundo E, Natoli A, Caloggero S, Minciullo M, Garito A
Eur Radiol 2006 Feb;16(2):422-7. Epub 2005 Feb 22 doi: 10.1007/s00330-005-2680-6. PMID: 15726376

Diagnosis

Large mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome.
Moschos J, Tzilves D, Paikos D, Tagarakis G, Pilpilidis I, Antonopoulos Z, Kadis S, Katsos I, Tarpagos A
Wien Klin Wochenschr 2006 Jun;118(11-12):355-7. doi: 10.1007/s00508-006-0612-3. PMID: 16855925
Mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
Sinha R, Verma R, Kong A
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2004 Dec;183(6):1844-6. doi: 10.2214/ajr.183.6.01831844. PMID: 15547245

Therapy

A lethal mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report and review of the literature.
Xu L, Wen G, Ding Y, Zhao L
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015;8(9):11715-21. Epub 2015 Sep 1 PMID: 26617916Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Clinicopathological features and prognosis of mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor: evaluation of a pooled case series.
Feng F, Feng B, Liu S, Liu Z, Xu G, Guo M, Lian X, Fan D, Zhang H
Oncotarget 2017 Jul 11;8(28):46514-46522. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14880. PMID: 28147326Free PMC Article
A lethal mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report and review of the literature.
Xu L, Wen G, Ding Y, Zhao L
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015;8(9):11715-21. Epub 2015 Sep 1 PMID: 26617916Free PMC Article
Primitive mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor with autonomic nerve/ganglionic differentiation presenting as a huge mass with small synchronous nodules.
Basile A, Kettenbach J, Mundo E, Natoli A, Caloggero S, Minciullo M, Garito A
Eur Radiol 2006 Feb;16(2):422-7. Epub 2005 Feb 22 doi: 10.1007/s00330-005-2680-6. PMID: 15726376

Clinical prediction guides

A lethal mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report and review of the literature.
Xu L, Wen G, Ding Y, Zhao L
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015;8(9):11715-21. Epub 2015 Sep 1 PMID: 26617916Free PMC Article

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