Anorectal gastrointestinal stromal tumors: CT and MR imaging features with clinical and pathologic correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1607-1612

  Levy, Angela D ^a,b   Remotti, Helen E ^a   Thompson, William M ^a,c   Sobin, Leslie H ^a   Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COILED BODY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MUSCLE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0038173403     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.6.1801607     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Mazur MT, Clark HB. Gastric stromal tumors: reappraisal of histogenesis. Am J Surg Pathol 1983;7:507-519
2. Sarlomo-Rikala M, Kovatich AJ, Barusevicius A, Miettinen M. CD117: a sensitive marker for gastrointestinal stromal tumors that is more specific than CD34. Mod Pathol 1998;11:728-734
3. Kindblom LG, Remotti HE, Aldenborg F, Meis-Kindblom JM. Gastrointestinal pacemaker cell tumor (GIPACT): gastrointestinal stromal tumors show phenotypic characteristics of the interstitial cells of Cajal. Am J Pathol 1998;152:1259-1269
4. van Oosterom AT, Judson I, Verweij J, et al. Safety and efficacy of imatinib (STI571) in metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a phase I study. Lancet 2001:358:1421-1423
5. Demetri GD, von Mehren M, Blanke CD, et al. Efficacy and safety of imatinib mesylate in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors. N Engl J Med 2002;347:472-480
6. Miettinen M, Sarlomo-Rikala M, Lasota J. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: recent advances in understanding of their biology. Hum Pathol 1999;30:1213-1220
7. Miettinen M, Monihan JM, Sarlomo-Rikala M, et al. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors/smooth muscle tumors (GISTs) primary in the omentum and mesentery: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 26 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:1109-1118
8. Haque S, Dean PJ. Stromal neoplasms of the rectum and anal canal. Hum Pathol 1992;23:762-767
9. Miettinen M, Furlong M, Sarlomo-Rikala M, Burke A, Sobin LH, Lasota J. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, intramural leiomyomas, and leiomyosarcomas in the rectum and anus: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 144 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 2001;25:1121-1133
10. Tworek JA, Goldblum JR, Weiss SW, Greenson JK, Appelman HD. Stromal tumors of the anorectum: a clinicopathologic study of 22 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:946-954
11. van den Berg JC, van Heesewijk JP, van Es HW. Malignant stromal tumour of the rectum: findings at endorectal ultrasound and MRI. Br J Radiol 2000;73:1010-1012
12. Hama Y, Okizuka H, Odajima K, Hayakawa M, Kusano S. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the rectum. Eur Radiol 2001;11:216-219
13. Miettinen M, El-Rifai W. Sobin LH. Lasota J. Evaluation of malignancy and prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a review. Hum Pathol 2002;33:478-483
14. Fletcher CD, Berman JJ, Corless C, et al. Diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a consensus approach. Hum Pathol 2002:33:459-465
15. Wyatt SH, Fishman EK, Jones B. Primary lymphoma of the colon and rectum: CT and barium enema correlation. Abdom Imaging 1993;18:376-380