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Successful Curative Cryoablation of an Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
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Successful Curative Cryoablation of an Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Daniel Mai, Rintaro Hashimoto, Allen Yu, Ericson John Torralba, Elise Tran, Nabil El-Hage Chehade, David P. Lee and Jason Samarasena
ACG case reports journal, Vol.6(6), e00076
06/12/2019
DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000076
PMCID: PMC6722331
PMID: 31616761
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https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000076View
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Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. The most common location of GIST is the stomach; however, occurrences of GIST in the esophagus are also possible albeit rare. Although the current standard of care for gastric and intestinal GIST involves surgery and tyrosine kinase inhibitors, this case report focuses on the potential of treating esophageal GIST through a novel means of cryoablation therapy.
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