Skull metastasis from rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumours.

ABSTRACT

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract. Rectum localisation is infrequent for these neoplasms, accounting for about 5% of all cases. Distant metastases of GIST are also rare. We present a patient with special features the tumour is localised in rectum and it has an uncommon metastatic site, the skull, implying a complex differential diagnosis approach.