ACASE REPORT OF GASTRIC GLIOMUS TUMOR OF WHICH EUS GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY(EUS-FNA) FACILITATED PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS

Abstract

A 48-year-old woman was found to have cholecystolithiasis by ultrasonography(US) on mass examination for adult diseases. The patient visited to our hospital for furtherexamination. US showed cholecystolithiasis and peripancreatic mass lesion. ALTS revealedagastric submucasal tumor, which derived from proper muscle layer. EUS else showed aheterogeneous high echo pattern with internal low echo area. Bariun meal study showedasemi-spherical elevated lesien en the side of greater curvature at the antrum.Thepreoperaive diagnosis obtained by EUS-FNA was made as gastric glomus tumor. Partialresction of the tumor was performed. Final pathological diagnosis was the same as FLTS-FNA.