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

**Authors:** Mahmoud Alafifi, Abderrahmane Doumer, El Mostaoha Abdi, Mehdi Safieddine, Amine Moataz, Mohamed Dakir, Adil Debbagh, Rachid Aboutaieb

PMC · DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjae229 · 2024-04-10

## 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.

## Key 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.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** gastrointestinal stromal tumor (MONDO:0011719), adrenal tumor (MONDO:0021227)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Adrenal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (MESH:D046152), adrenal tumor (MESH:D000310), adrenal mass (MESH:C536030)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Figures

3 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11008923/full.md

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11008923