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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the anal wall in a Nigerian


Aderemi Oluyemi
Samuel Keshinro
Abimbola Jimoh
Philip Oshun

Abstract

Documented reports of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are relatively few in the sub-Saharan continent. The body of evidence points towards anal wall involvement being a rarity indeed. In this article we document a 61 year old Nigerian man who presented with bleeding per rectum and in whom the histological features (including immunohistochemistry) of the biopsied anal lesion was GIST.

Key words: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), anal wall, immunohistochemistry, Nigeria


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