TY - JOUR ID - 45959 TI - A Surprise Visitor at Cesarean Section: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Uterus JO - Middle East Journal of Cancer JA - MEJC LA - en SN - 2008-6709 AU - Marcos, Simon Raif AU - Singh, Bhanu Pratap AU - Ballal, Devesh Sanjeev AU - Alaswad, Faris AU - Akhtar, Shakeel AU - Rodrigues, Gabriel AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE AD - Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India AD - Department of General Surgery, NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE AD - Department of Pathology, NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 105 EP - 108 KW - GIST KW - Tumour KW - Pregnancy KW - Excision KW - Imatinib DO - 10.30476/mejc.2019.78675.0 N2 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare mesenchymal tumors that almost always arise from the GI tract and account for 0.1-3% of GI tumors. During pregnancy, GIST is highly unusual given the predilection of this tumor to appear in the fifth to seventh decade of life. The finding of GISTs outside the GI tract is also rare as the cell of origin of these tumors is believed to be the interstitial cell of Cajal, found only in the GI tract. Extra intestinal GISTs have been reported with a few cases arising from the uterus or metastatic to the ovary; however; an asymptomatic uterine GIST occurring at pregnancy as an incidental finding during cesarean section has not been reported so far. We present a 32-year-old lady who underwent an emergency caesarean section and was found to have a GIST of the uterus. The tumor was excised in toto and she started imatinib therapy postoperatively. At the end of three years of close follow-up, she has done well with no evidence of recurrence. UR - https://mejc.sums.ac.ir/article_45959.html L1 - https://mejc.sums.ac.ir/article_45959_c290a6b6a0118035515af2d763094f55.pdf ER -