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Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Shayna L. Showalter, MD; Joshua M. Lloyd, MD; Deborah T. Glassman, MD; Adam C. Berger, MD

Arch Surg. 2008;143(3):305-308.

Gastrointestinal (GI) stromal tumors are mesenchymal tumors that arise from the GI tract. In rare cases, these tumors are found in intra-abdominal sites unrelated to the GI tract and are immunohistochemically similar to their GI tract counterparts. Primary pancreatic GI stromal tumors are very rare, with only 4 previous cases reported.

Author Affiliations: Departments of Surgery (Drs Showalter and Berger), Pathology (Dr Lloyd), and Urology (Dr Glassman), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.