Case Report

Gastric Plexiform Fibromyxoma Arising in the Cardia in an Adolescent Male: A Rare Tumor with an Unusual Location

Table 1

Reported cases of plexiform fibromyxoma in the pediatric age group.

No.Author
Year
[Reference]
Age/genderLocationSize (cm)SymptomsTreatmentFollow-up (months)

1Miettinen et al.
2009
[10]
Case 10
16/FGastric antrum, pylorus10HematemesisPartial gastrectomy36
2Miettinen et al.
2009
[10]
Case 12
7/FGastric antrum, pylorus, duodenal bulb15Vomiting, diarrheaExcision of tumor with gastric wall resection at the tumor attachmentNot stated
3Duckworth et al.
2014
[6]
Case 1
16/FEsophagus and posterior mediastinum3.2Incidental finding on CT scan of the thoraxTumor resection14
4Duckworth et al.
2014
[6]
Case 2
11/FGastric pylorus3.5Severe iron deficiency anemiaPartial gastrectomy15
5Spans et al.
2016
[12]
18/FGastric antrum4.5Not statedNot statedNot stated
6Morris et al.
2016
[13]
9/FGastric antrum5Abdominal pain, vomitingPartial gastrectomy6
7Liang et al.
2017
[14]
11/MGastric pylorus17Abdominal painPartial gastrectomy12
8Szurian et al.
2017
[15]
16/FGastric antrum6.5AnemiaPartial gastrectomy6
9Djurić et al.
2018
[16]
14/MGastric antrum5AnemiaPartial gastrectomy42
10Fukazawa et al.
2019
[2]
14/FGastric antrum5.5 cmAbdominal pain, hematemesisPartial gastrectomy16
11Li et al.
2019
[17]
5/MGastric antrum8.5Pale complexionDistal gastrectomy36
12Nasralla et al.
2019
Current case
16/MGastric cardia near gastroesophageal junction5Anemia, hematemesisWedge resection of mass at GE junction36