Article Text
Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Primary greater omental GIST presenting with acute intra-abdominal haemorrhage
Summary
Primary omental gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are classified as extra-GISTs with a reported incidence of <1% of all GISTs. There are only a few cases in the English literature reporting omental GIST with none reporting acute intra-abdominal haemorrhage as a presenting feature. We report a case of a 67-year-old man who presented with haemorrhage from a primary omental GIST requiring emergency laparotomy.
- gastrointestinal surgery
- surgical oncology
- emergency medicine