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Multifocal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the stomach in an 11-year-old girl

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A previously healthy 11-year-old girl presented with an 8-month history of anemia and left upper quadrant abdominal pain. US examination demonstrated a 9-cm cystic mass with a fluid-fluid level in the left upper quadrant with unclear organ of origin. Abdominal MR imaging demonstrated a complex cystic mass, likely arising from the stomach. Additional T2 hyperintense submucosal lesions were identified in the gastric wall. Surgical excision confirmed the diagnosis of multifocal gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). MR imaging was helpful in suggesting a gastric origin of the primary mass and in demonstrating multifocal disease within the stomach.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA

    Jin Park

  2. Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, CB 7510, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA

    Lynn Ansley Fordham

  3. Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, CB 7525, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA

    Tara C. Rubinas

  4. Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 25799-7223, USA

    J. Duncan Phillips

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Park, J., Rubinas, T.C., Fordham, L.A. et al. Multifocal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the stomach in an 11-year-old girl. Pediatr Radiol 36, 1212–1214 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-006-0297-9

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