Pre-Operative Diagnosis Of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour Of Stomach By Endoscopic Biopsy: Report Of Two Cases
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Correspondence
Dr. Vatsala Misra, Professor Department of Pathology, M.L.N.Medical College, Allahbad, 211001, India . +91 532 2256087 (R), +91 532 2256319 (O), Fax +91 532 2256274, e-mail : vatsala.m@rediffmail.com
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a rare mesenchymal tumour of the gastrointestinal tract. Submucosal GIST grows most frequently towards the lumen of the gut along with attenuated, degenerated or regenerative proliferative epithelium, with bridging folds, and may be endoscopically misdiagnosed as adenocarcinoma. Pre-operative diagnosis can be done by endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology. However, diagnosis by endoscopic biopsy is rarely reported. We report here, two cases of GIST that were diagnosed by endoscopic tissue biopsy and confirmed by examination of the resected mass