Primary oral KIT-positive tumour consistent with gastrointestinal stromal tumour

H Miyazawa; T Minemura; N Ito; J Narikawa; K Kurashina

doi:10.1016/j.ijom.2007.01.015

Primary oral KIT-positive tumour consistent with gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 Jul;36(7):658-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2007.01.015. Epub 2007 Mar 6.

Authors

H Miyazawa¹, T Minemura, N Ito, J Narikawa, K Kurashina

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan. miyahide@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp

PMID: 17339100
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2007.01.015

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours are characteristically positive for KIT (reflective of the c-KIT gene). A case is reported of an apparent rapidly growing gastrointestinal stromal tumour, which arose in the floor of the mouth and metastasized to the left neck without evidence of disease elsewhere.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology*
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / secondary
Humans
Mouth Floor / pathology*
Mouth Neoplasms / pathology*
Muscle Neoplasms / secondary
Neck Muscles / pathology
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / analysis*

Substances

Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit