Gastric epithelioid leiomyomatous tumors. 1987

S M Graham, and G H Ballantyne, and I M Modlin

Gastric epithelioid leiomyomatous tumors can present in three patterns; intramural, endogastric and exogastric based upon the relation to the gastric muscular wall. Patients may experience no symptoms from this tumor or may complain of symptoms suggesting peptic ulcer disease. Upper gastrointestinal tract series are the most reliable diagnostic tests but important additional information can be obtained by ultrasound and abdominal computerized tomography. The overwhelming majority of epithelioid leiomyomatous tumors are found in the gastric antrum. Round or polygonal cells are seen histologically. Often these cells have a clear zone that surrounds the nuclei. The origin of these tumors is debated. Less than one-third of these tumors metastasize. Complete surgical excision can often achieve cure. The exogastric lesions are the ones most readily cured by resection. Prognosis also correlates with clinical parameters including size of tumor, duration of symptoms and weight loss. Adjuvant therapy has not proved beneficial.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007889 Leiomyoma A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues. Fibroid,Fibroid Tumor,Fibroid Uterus,Fibroids, Uterine,Fibroma, Uterine,Fibromyoma,Leiomyoma, Uterine,Fibroid Tumors,Fibroid, Uterine,Fibroids,Fibromas, Uterine,Fibromyomas,Leiomyomas,Tumor, Fibroid,Tumors, Fibroid,Uterine Fibroid,Uterine Fibroids,Uterine Fibroma,Uterine Fibromas,Uterus, Fibroid
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013274 Stomach Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the STOMACH. Cancer of Stomach,Gastric Cancer,Gastric Neoplasms,Stomach Cancer,Cancer of the Stomach,Gastric Cancer, Familial Diffuse,Neoplasms, Gastric,Neoplasms, Stomach,Cancer, Gastric,Cancer, Stomach,Cancers, Gastric,Cancers, Stomach,Gastric Cancers,Gastric Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Gastric,Neoplasm, Stomach,Stomach Cancers,Stomach Neoplasm

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