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Case Report

Volume 2, Number 6, December 2009, pages 361-363

Spontaneously Ruptured Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor With Pelvic Abscess: A Case Report and Review

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. A postcontrast computed tomographic scan showed a huge primary calcified GIST (arrows) with a cystic component.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. A postcontrast computed tomographic scan revealed a pelvic abscess with an air-fluid level.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. On microscopic examination the tumor showed spindle cells with round hyperchromatic nuclei and prominent nucleoli forming bundles (haemotoxylin and eosin); 200 x Inset: Immunohistochemically, the cells were diffusely positive for CD-117 (c kit), CD-117, 200 x.