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Özet - A rare cause of dysphagia in a young man
Adnan Taş, Seyfettin Köklü

Department of Gastroenterology,Osmaniye Public Hospital, Osmaniye, Turkey, Email: dradnantas@gmail.com

Dear Editor

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the commonest mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. GIST account for only 1-4% of gastric tumours, 20% of small bowel tumours, and 1% of colorectal tu-mours. They have older than 50 years, with the median ages 60 years.1 GIST is neoplasm of mesenchy-mal origin originating from precursors of the interstitial cells of cajal. The symptoms of gastrointestinal stromal tumor depend on the site and size of the tumor. We describe 30 age male with gastric cardia gas-trointestinal stromal tumor presenting as dysphagia.

Cilt 39, Sayı 1 (2012)