%0 Journal Article
%T Relationship between diagnostic imaging features and prognostic outcomes in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
%A Addeo Gloria
%A Cozzi Diletta
%A Danti Ginevra
%A Frezzetti Gianluca
%A Giovagnoni Andrea
%A Maggialetti Nicola
%A Marina Lanzetta Monica
%A Masserelli Antonella
%A Miele Vittorio
%A Pradella Silvia
%J Archive of "Acta Bio Medica : Atenei Parmensis".
%D 2019
%R 10.23750/abm.v90i5-S.8343
%X Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), the most frequent mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract, are a relatively recently described entity. GISTs can occur across any age but are more common in patients older than 50 years. GISTs most commonly are in the stomach (60-70%), followed by the small intestine (20%-30%); they also rarely occur in the abdominal cavity, such as in the mesentery, the omentum and the retroperitoneum. Contrast-enhanced multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) is the most largely used imaging modality for the localization, characterization and staging of GISTs. All patterns of enhancement on contrast-enhanced MDCT can be seen with GISTs, including hypoenhancing, isoenhancing, and hyperenhancing neoplasms. A lot of prognostication systems have been proposed for the risk stratification of GISTs. This review outlines the relationship between different diagnostic imaging features and prognostic outcomes in GISTs. (www.actabiomedica.it
%K gastrointestinal stromal tumors
%K imaging features
%K computed tomography
%K prognostication system
%K outcome
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6625570/