What may an adrenal mass conceal? Adrenal gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report

TL;DR

This paper reports a rare case of an adrenal gastrointestinal stromal tumor, highlighting its importance in diagnosing adrenal masses.

Contribution

The paper adds a new case to the extremely rare category of adrenal gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Findings

Adrenal gastrointestinal stromal tumors are exceptionally rare, with only four documented cases.

The case emphasizes the importance of considering extraintestinal GIST in adrenal tumor differential diagnosis.

Abstract

Extraintestinal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are extremely rare, and adrenal GISTs are even exceptional. Only three cases have been reported in the literature thus far, the current case being the fourth. This case demonstrates the need of including extraintestinal GIST in the differential diagnosis when investigating adrenal tumors. Herein, we present a case of adrenal GIST diagnosed in a 60-year-old female patient who had a left adrenal GIST surgically removed as an adrenal tumor.

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