Gastric Glomus Tumor.
10.4174/jkss.2009.77.Suppl.S9
- Author:
Dae Hwan KIM
1
;
Dong Heon KIM
;
Tae Yong JEON
;
Hyun Sung KIM
;
Jae Hun KIM
;
Tae Oh KIM
;
Gwang Ha KIM
;
Geon Am SONG
;
Suk KIM
;
Do Yoon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. kdhun@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Glomus tumor;
Stomach;
Laparoscopic wedge resection
- MeSH:
Endoscopy;
Endosonography;
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors;
Glomus Tumor;
Humans;
Immunohistochemistry;
Leiomyoma;
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle;
Neurilemmoma;
Stomach
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2009;77(Suppl):S9-S12
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gastric glomus tumors are rare submucosal lesions that originate from the modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body. They usually present as a submucosal tumor on endoscopy and a heterogeneous hypoechoic tumor in the third or fourth sonographic layer of the gastric wall on endoscopic ultrasonography. So they are often confused with other submucosal tumors such as gastrointestinal stromal tumor, schwannoma, and leiomyoma. Immunohistochemistry helps in differentiating glomus tumors from other submucosal tumors. The treatment of choice for these tumors is complete surgical resection. Most of the gastric glomus tumors are essentially benign in nature, so preoperative recognition of this lesion may spare the patient a more extensive resection. Herein, we present three cases of gastric submucosal tumor that were treated by a laparoscopic wedge resection and confirmed as glomus tumor on final pathology.
