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Case Reports
. 2010 Mar 22:8:19.
doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-8-19.

Gastric glomus tumor: a case report

Ioannis Vassiliou  1 , Aliki Tympa, Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Nikolaos Dafnios, Georgios Fragulidis, Andreas Koureas, Evi Kairi
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Case Reports

Gastric glomus tumor: a case report

Ioannis Vassiliou et al. World J Surg Oncol. .

Abstract

Gastric glomus tumors are rare mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. We describe a 72-year-old patient who presented with episodes of melena and was subsequently investigated for a tumor of the antrum of the stomach. Surgical resection revealed a 2 x 2 x 1.7 cm well circumscribed submucosal tumor, extending into the muscularis propria. The histopathologic examination of the specimen demonstrated a glomus tumor of the stomach. We discuss the preoperative investigation, the diagnostic problems and the surgical treatment of the patient with this rare submucosal lesion.

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Figure 1
Glomus tumor of the stomach as featured on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: a well circumscribed submucosal mass with normal overlying mucosa.
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Figure 2
Glomus tumor of the stomach in a 72 year-old woman: unenhanced computer tomography scan shows the well-circumscribed mass (arrow) in the gastric antrum.
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Figure 3
Glomus tumor of the stomach in a 72 year-old woman: On a contrast-enhanced computer tomography scan, the mass is greatly enhanced (arrow).
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Figure 4
The prepyloric mass of the stomach at the lesser curvature.
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Figure 5
The specimen of the stomach.
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Figure 6
Trabeculae of tumor cells distributed around dilated and ectactic blood vessels (Hematoxylin & Eosin staining ×100).
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Figure 7
Glomus tumor of the stomach. Positive staining for smooth muscle actin (× 100).
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