Karnak Ibrahim, Kale Gülsev, Tanyel F Cahit, Büyükpamukçu Nebil
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Feb;38(2):245-7. doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50054.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor is a rare pathology in childhood. It may occur anywhere along the alimentary tract and represents with a wide spectrum of signs and symptoms according to location. An infant with malignant colonic stromal tumor that has presented with a huge abdominal mass and lower gastrointestinal bleeding is reported to discuss the difficulties in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of this unusual tumor.
