Gists As a Cause of Massive Bleeding

• Authors: Włodzimierz Nowatorski , Paweł Sobieski , Bartosz Pacewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This report describes two cases of GIST with bleeding as the predominant symptom. The first case comprised a patient with a gastric carcinoma and bleeding of the digestive tract. The second patient was diagnosed with mesenteric carcinoma and peritoneal cavity bleeding. Both patients underwent emergent surgical intervention. The first patient was subjected to gastric resection, while the latter to mesentery resection. The postoperative period proved uneventful. The excised specimens were evaluated at the Department of Pathomorphology, Institute of Oncology in Warsaw. The patients were directed to the Department of Soft Tissue Neoplasms, Institute of Oncology for registration and further treatment.

Keywords

EN

GIST; digestive tract bleeding; peritoneal cavity bleeding

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 559-561

Dates

published

1 - 8 - 2007

online

27 - 11 - 2007

Contributors

author

Włodzimierz Nowatorski

• Department of General and Oncological Surgery, District Hospital in Płock

author

Paweł Sobieski

• Department of General and Oncological Surgery, District Hospital in Płock

author

Bartosz Pacewski

• Department of General and Oncological Surgery, District Hospital in Płock

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-007-0087-6