Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising in the prostate: an unusual anatomical location

Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Prostate: Unexpected Guest

“…Most of the published studies reported six cases of primary prostatic GIST [4][5][6][7][8][9]. However, deep digging revealed more cases [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]; all are listed in Table 1. Cases that were excluded from our study were extraperitoneal, rectovesical, and retroprostatic masses [17] and masses between the rectum and prostate [18] or contiguous to rectal wall [19].…”