HighlightsEGISTs are very rare mesenchymal tumours which originate from cells outside the gastrointestinal tract and tend to have an aggressive biological behaviour.There have been only a few previous reports of EGISTs arising in the lesser omentum.Complete surgical resection is the most effective treatment associated with the use of imatinib in the presence of adverse prognostic factors.
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