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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2015; 21(20): 6404-6408
Published online May 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i20.6404
Published online May 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i20.6404
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor solitary distant recurrence in the left brachialis muscle
Su-Sin Jin, Hyeong-Seok Jeong, Hyun-Jin Noh, Woo-Hyung Choi, Seung-Hwa Choi, Kang-Yeon Won, Dong-Pil Kim, Ji-Chan Park, Seung-Woo Lee, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon 301-723, South Korea
Mi-Kyong Joung, Department of Internal Medicine, Anyang Sam Hospital, Anyang 433-730, South Korea
Jeong-Goo Kim, Department of General Surgery, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon 301-723, South Korea
Hae-Joung Sul, Department of Pathology, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon 301-723, South Korea
Author contributions: Jin SS designed and wrote the case report; Jeong HS, Noh HJ, Choi WH, Choi SH, Won KY, Kim DP, Park JC, Joung MK and Kim JG revised the report critically for important intellectual content; Sul HJ provided the figures and discussion of the pathology; and Lee SW approved the final version to be published.
Ethics approval: The case report was reviewed and approved by the Daejeon Catholic Medical Center Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent: Informed consent was waived because the patient is deceased.
Conflict-of-interest: There are no potential conflicts of interest for any of the authors.
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Correspondence to: Seung-Woo Lee, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 64 Daeheung-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-723, South Korea. leeseungw00@hanmail.net
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Received: December 14, 2014
Peer-review started: December 16, 2014
First decision: January 8, 2015
Revised: February 14, 2015
Accepted: March 27, 2015
Article in press: March 27, 2015
Published online: May 28, 2015
Processing time: 167 Days and 5 Hours
Peer-review started: December 16, 2014
First decision: January 8, 2015
Revised: February 14, 2015
Accepted: March 27, 2015
Article in press: March 27, 2015
Published online: May 28, 2015
Processing time: 167 Days and 5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: This report presents the first case of the solitary distant recurrence of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor in skeletal muscle after complete remission had been achieved. This case, along with previous reports, indicates that an extended period of tyrosine-kinase inhibitor therapy may reduce metastasis and recurrence in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.