Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach: How to manage?

Figure 6 Management process of gastric submucosal tumor (in a case of ectopic pancreas) according to our institutional algorithm (Figure 2). Quoted and modified from reference [15]. A: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) showing submucosal tumor in the middle body of the stomach; B: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealing 1.5 cm subepithelial hypoechoic solid tumor with continuity to proper muscle layer (arrow-mp); C: Puncture of the small submucosal nodule under EUS guidance. Arrow: tip of needle; D: Histology of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) specimen reveals pancreatic acinar cells.