Mengjie Li1,#, Jun Wei2,#, Guihua Xu3,#, Ying Liu3,*, Jian Zhu3,*
Oncologie, Vol.24, No.2, pp. 349-356, 2022, DOI:10.32604/oncologie.2022.022436
Abstract Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare neoplasms arising from mesenchymal cells of the digestive tract
and abdomen. Only a few isolated cases of giant esophageal GISTs (greater than 5 cm in size) have been reported
with clinical features and surgical methods. Radical esophagectomy with negative margins, followed by gastric
tube reconstruction, is recommended for giant esophageal GISTs. However, patients undergoing this type of surgery experienced a sharp decrease in food intake (due to the removal of most of the stomach) and were prone to
eating regurgitation, resulting in poor quality of life. We describe the case of a 65-year-old man… More >
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