Abstract
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour involving rectum and anal canal is an extremely rare entity. This is a case report of a 47 years lady presented with fresh rectal bleed associated with rectal pain and foul smelling rectal mucus discharge. On rectal examination, she had a firm mass palpable about 1.5 cm from anal verge. Considering the size of the tumour and its close proximity with cervix and involvement of levator muscles, extralevator abdominal perineal excision of rectum was undertaken with good recovery after surgery. It was followed by imatinib therapy.
Highlights
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) is a rare tumour
Colon and rectum are the rare site of GIST, whereas GIST involving the anus is extremely rare.[1]
Anorectal GIST accounted for about 5% of all GIST.[3]
Summary
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) is a rare tumour. In western Sweden, annual incidence of clinically detected GIST was estimated 14.5 per million inhabitants as shown by the epidemiological data produced by Nilsson et al.[1]. We report a case anorectal GIST, a rare site of presentation of a rare tumour who presented to us in our university level tertiary hospital and was treated with a radical extralevator abdominal perineal excision of rectum (ELAPE).
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