Glomus tumor in the stomach:Computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasound findings

作     者：Min Tang Jun Hou Dong Wu Xin-Ye Han Meng-Su Zeng Xiu-Zhong Yao 

作者机构：Department of RadiologyZhongshan Hospital of Fudan University Department of Medical ImageShanghai Medical College of Fudan University Department of PathologyZhongshan Hospital of Fudan University 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第19卷第8期

页      面：1327-1329页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China  No.30901228 

主　　题：Glomus tumor Stomach Diagnosis Therapy 

摘      要：A 57-year-old man presented with intermittent dull abdominal pain after a period of 1 *** computed tomography(CT) was *** for the endoscopy,the work-up for possible medical causes remained *** open-abdomen,partial surgical excision of the stomach was performed after the unsuccessful endoscopic *** pathology report revealed a glomus tumor of the ***,glomus tumors of the stomach are rare and are almost always ***,the most important current role of imaging associated with the diagnostic approach and therapeutic plan for a glomus tumor is to differentiate it from other gastric submucosal tumors(SMTs).We report this case with representative radiologic findings,including CT and endoscopic ultrasound(EUS) reports,and also correlate them with clinical and pathologic presentations that can help in the early detection and differentiation of gastric SMTs from other *** such,the purpose of this report is to provide a better understanding of relevant CT and EUS *** treatments should be considered carefully according to the imaging results.