TY - JOUR AU - Somanath Padhi AU - Ravikanth Kongara AU - Shantveer Uppin AU - Megha Uppin AU - Aruna Prayaga AU - Sundaram Challa AU - Bheerappa Nagari AU - Shastry Regulagadda PY - 2010/05/05 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Extragastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Arising in the Pancreas: A Case Report with a Review of the Literature JF - JOP. Journal of the Pancreas JA - JOP VL - 11 IS - 3 SE - CASE REPORTS DO - 10.6092/1590-8577/3821 UR - http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/jop/article/view/3821 AB - Context Extragastrointestinal stromal tumors arising in the pancreas are extremely rare. To date, only eight cases have been reported in the literature. Case report A 42-year-old female patient presented with gradually increasing abdominal pain of 6-month duration. Computerized tomography scan of the abdomen demonstrated a solid cystic mass in the body and tail of the pancreas. En-block R0 resection of the mass with distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy and left hemicolectomy was carried out following a radiological diagnosis of a malignant cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. Histopathological and immunohistochemical findings of the lesion were consistent with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Conclusion Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor of the pancreas, though rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the more common cystic lesions at this site.Image: Large lobulated mass in relation to the body and tail of the pancreas. ER -