DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/gamj.2024.v05i03.012

Pages: 93-95

Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare, usually sporadic connective tissue tumors, usually localized in the stomach or small bowel. The frequency of this tumor is rare compared to other abdominal tumors. Although they are the most common mesenchymal tumours of the digestive tract, GISTs are thought to account for only around 1% of all digestive tumours. We report a case of metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the pancreas with relapse developed in the mesentery at the Surgical Department B of the Point G University Hospital Center. Observation: This was a 37-year-old patient with a history of excision of locally advanced corporocaudal pancreatic GIST. He was referred 5 years later for a painful abdominal mass. After clinical and paraclinical examinations, a recurrence of GIST was diagnosed. A mesenteric tumour was removed. Histology concluded a mesenteric GIST. Conclusion: GISTs are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract.