Catalog

Benign gastrointestinal stromal tumour of small intestine

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Link to WHO Definition

Benign gastrointestinal stromal tumour of small intestine – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/46889667

This is a benign mesenchymal tumour that arises from cells lining the small intestine. It is generally immunohitochemically positive for KIT (CD117), phenotypically paralleling Cajal-cell differentiation, and most examples contain KIT- or PDGFRA-activating mutations.