Imaging of the GIST

Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are mesenchímal tumours of the digestive tract. These tumours represent 0.1–3% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms. These tumors can arise anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract, but most often in the stomach (70%). They are diagnosed sometimes as accidentally findings, but in the other cases they occour as urgent problems in the gastroenterology such as abdominal pain and bleeding. 10–30% of the newly diagnosed GIST are malignant. The imaging methods can predict the answer for these questions and help the managment of the following strategies in this type of…