Refractory Hypercalcaemia Secondary to Localised Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour

Overview

Journal Ann R Coll Surg Engl

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2018 Apr 17

PMID 29658339

Citations 2

Authors

T Hart

D Sinitsky

A Shamsiddinova

A Rohatgi

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Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours are a rare form of intra-abdominal neoplasm derived from mesenchymal tissue, typically presenting with abdominal pain, anaemia or bleeding into the bowel or abdominal cavity. Hypercalcaemia is an unusual complication, having been documented in only seven previous patients, all of whom had advanced metastatic disease. We present a case of treatment-resistant hypercalcaemia in a patient with non-metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumour, which resolved following excision of the tumour.

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