GIST: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors

GIST or Gastrointestinal stromal tumors usually present with bloody vomiting, dark stool or red blood in the stool. Common sites are stomach and small intestine. They have a much better outcome compared to Adenocarcinomas.

Here is a video of stomach GIST close to the gastroesophageal junction resected laparoscopically.

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