Clinical presentations of gastric small gastrointestinal stromal tumors mimics functional dyspepsia symptoms

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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2014; 20(33): 11800-11807
Published online Sep 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11800

Table 2 Patient baseline features and endosonographic characteristics

	Leiomyoma(n = 38)	GIST(n = 67)	P value
Gender
Male	15	30	0.597
Female	23	37
Age (yr, mean ± SD)	51.73 ± 11.16	58.83 ± 8.52	0.001^b
Tumor size (cm)
Median	1.00 ± 0.44	1.22 ± 0.22	0.057
Range	0.6-2.5	0.4-3
Intragastric location
Gastric antrum	2	5	0.525
Gastric body	6	16
Gastric fundus	30	46
Distribution in the gastric fundus
Proximal to cardia	24	14	< 0.001^d
Distal to cardia	6	32
Site within gastric wall
Muscularis mucosae	0	1	0.449
Muscularis propria	38	66
Sonographic characteristics
Homogenous	36	50	0.010^d
Hetrogenous with hyperechogenic spots	2	17
Echogenicity in comparison with the surrounding muscle echo
Isoechoic	38	54	0.004^b
Hyperechoic	0	13
Margin of the tumor
Regular	37	61	0.212
Irregular	1	6

^bP < 0.01,

^dP < 0.001, leiomyoma group vs GIST group. GIST: Gastrointestinal tumor.

Citation: Yu QX, He ZK, Wang J, Sun C, Zhao W, Wang BM. Clinical presentations of gastric small gastrointestinal stromal tumors mimics functional dyspepsia symptoms. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(33): 11800-11807
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i33/11800.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11800

Yu QX, He ZK, Wang J, Sun C, Zhao W, Wang BM. Clinical presentations of gastric small gastrointestinal stromal tumors mimics functional dyspepsia symptoms. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(33): 11800-11807 [PMID: 25206285 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11800]

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