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===Definition===
===Definition===
*Tumour resulting from a mutation in the KIT gene ''or'' PDGFRA (Platelet-derived growth factor receptor, alpha polypeptide) gene.<ref name=pmid17090188/>
*Tumour resulting from a mutation in the KIT gene ''or'' PDGFRA (Platelet-derived growth factor receptor, alpha polypeptide) gene.<ref name=pmid17090188/>
*Cases wild-type for KIT or PDFGRA may harbour defects in the [[succinate dehydrogenase]] complex, NF-1, BRAF, or extremely rarely KRAS.


===Epidemiology===
===Epidemiology===
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*Large size.
*Large size.
**Often benign if small size.
**Often benign if small size.
*High mitotic rate (for area 5mm^2).
*High mitotic rate (for area 5mm<sup>2</sup>).
*Site - small intestine GISTs worse than stomach GISTs.
*Site - small intestine GISTs worse than stomach GISTs.


Small intestine bad prognosis:<ref name=pmid17090188/>
Small intestine bad prognosis:<ref name=pmid17090188/>
* >5 mitoses/5 mm^2 ''or'' size >10 cm.
* >5 mitoses/5 mm<sup>2</sup> ''or'' size >10 cm.


Stomach bad prognosis:<ref name=pmid17090188/>
Stomach bad prognosis:<ref name=pmid17090188/>
* >5 mitoses/5 mm^2 ''and'' size >5 cm.
* >5 mitoses/5 mm<sup>2</sup> ''and'' size >5 cm.


===Location===
===Location===
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Notes:
Notes:
*Small intestinal GISTs have a worse prognosis than gastric ones.<ref name=pmid17090188/>
*Small intestinal GISTs have a worse prognosis than gastric ones.<ref name=pmid17090188/>
*GISTs almost never metastasize to the [[lymph node]]s.
*GISTs almost never metastasize to the [[lymph node]]s (except for SDH-B deficient epithelioid GISTs)
**Most common [[metastasis]] locations: [[liver]], abdominal soft tissue.
**Most common [[metastasis]] locations: [[liver]], abdominal soft tissue.


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** May be epithelioid (round) ~40% of tumours.
** May be epithelioid (round) ~40% of tumours.
** Mixed epithelioid and spindle cell tumours ~10% tumours.
** Mixed epithelioid and spindle cell tumours ~10% tumours.
*+/-Cytoplasmic inclusions.<ref name=pmid7757951>{{cite journal |author=Pasquinelli G, Severi B, Martinelli GN, Santini D, Gelli MC, Tison V |title=Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors: an ultrastructural reinterpretation of the clear cell component |journal=J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=251–7 |year=1995 |month=April |pmid=7757951 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*+/-Cytoplasmic inclusions<ref name=pmid7757951>{{cite journal |author=Pasquinelli G, Severi B, Martinelli GN, Santini D, Gelli MC, Tison V |title=Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors: an ultrastructural reinterpretation of the clear cell component |journal=J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=251–7 |year=1995 |month=April |pmid=7757951 |doi= |url=}}</ref> - perinuclear.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Boşoteanu | first1 = M. | last2 = Boşoteanu | first2 = C. | last3 = Deacu | first3 = M. | last4 = Aşchie | first4 = M. | title = Differential diagnosis of a gastric stromal tumor: case report and literature review. | journal = Rom J Morphol Embryol | volume = 52 | issue = 4 | pages = 1361-8 | month =  | year = 2011 | doi =  | PMID = 22203947 }}</ref>
*Classically splits the layers of the ''muscularis propria'' - as this is where the ''interstitial cells of Cajal'' are located.<ref name=pmid16402273>{{cite journal |author=Agaimy A, Wünsch PH |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a regular origin in the muscularis propria, but an extremely diverse gross presentation. A review of 200 cases to critically re-evaluate the concept of so-called extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumours |journal=Langenbecks Arch Surg |volume=391 |issue=4 |pages=322–9 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16402273 |doi=10.1007/s00423-005-0005-5 |url=}}</ref>
*Classically splits the layers of the ''muscularis propria'' - as this is where the ''interstitial cells of Cajal'' are located.<ref name=pmid16402273>{{cite journal |author=Agaimy A, Wünsch PH |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a regular origin in the muscularis propria, but an extremely diverse gross presentation. A review of 200 cases to critically re-evaluate the concept of so-called extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumours |journal=Langenbecks Arch Surg |volume=391 |issue=4 |pages=322–9 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16402273 |doi=10.1007/s00423-005-0005-5 |url=}}</ref>  
*+/-Skenoid fibres - extracellular collagen bundles<ref name=pmid15798063/> ~ 2-5 x 60 micrometers - uncommon finding.
*+/-Skenoid fibres - extracellular collagen bundles<ref name=pmid15798063/> ~ 2-5 x 60 micrometers - uncommon finding.
**Not seen in gastric GISTs.<ref name=pmid12692202/>
**Not seen in gastric GISTs.<ref name=pmid12692202/>
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NEGATIVE: Desmin, S-100.
NEGATIVE: Desmin, S-100.
PROLIFERATION (Ki-67): <1%.
PROLIFERATION (Ki-67): <1%.
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====Incidental GIST====
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Partial Stomach, Sleeve Gastrectomy:
- Stomach wall with incidental GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOUR (GIST), 2 mm in maximal dimension.
-- Margin clear.
- Gastric mucosa within normal limits.
Comment:
The tumour stains as follows:
POSITIVE: DOG1, CD117, CD34.
NEGATIVE: desmin, S-100.
PROLIFERATION (Ki-67): <2%.
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