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

Mahmoud Alafifi; Abderrahmane Doumer; El Mostaoha Abdi; Mehdi Safieddine; Amine Moataz; Mohamed Dakir; Adil Debbagh; Rachid Aboutaieb

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjae229

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

J Surg Case Rep. 2024 Apr 10;2024(4):rjae229. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjae229. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Authors

Mahmoud Alafifi^{1

2}, Abderrahmane Doumer^{1

2}, El Mostaoha Abdi^{1

2}, Mehdi Safieddine^{1

2}, Amine Moataz^{1

2}, Mohamed Dakir^{1

2}, Adil Debbagh^{1

2}, Rachid Aboutaieb^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University Hospital Center IbnRochd Casablanca, 19 Tarik ibnou quartiers des hôpitaux, Casablanca 9154, Morocco.
² Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, 19 Tarik ibnou quartiers des hôpitaux, Casablanca 9154, Morocco.

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.

Keywords: adrenal tumor; extragastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Publication types

Case Reports