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Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive stains | Negative stainsCite this page: Gulwani, H. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/gallbladderGIST.html. Accessed April 21st, 2018.
Definition / general
- Very rare (< 10 cases reported)
- Benign or malignant behavior
Case reports
- 34 year old woman with right upper quadrant abdominal pain (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2002;126:481)
- 69 year old woman (Am J Surg Pathol 2000;24:1420)
- 72 year old woman with CD117- tumor (HPB Surg 2011;2011:327192)
- Primary malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (J Gastrointest Cancer 2012;43:S151)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Bland spindle cells with hyperchromatic nuclei
Negative stains