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/gender | Location | Size (cm) | Symptoms | Treatment | Follow-up (months) |
| | 1 | Miettinen et al. 2009 [10] Case 10 | 16/F | Gastric antrum, pylorus | 10 | Hematemesis | Partial gastrectomy | 36 | | 2 | Miettinen et al. 2009 [10] Case 12 | 7/F | Gastric antrum, pylorus, duodenal bulb | 15 | Vomiting, diarrhea | Excision of tumor with gastric wall resection at the tumor attachment | Not stated | | 3 | Duckworth et al. 2014 [6] Case 1 | 16/F | Esophagus and posterior mediastinum | 3.2 | Incidental finding on CT scan of the thorax | Tumor resection | 14 | | 4 | Duckworth et al. 2014 [6] Case 2 | 11/F | Gastric pylorus | 3.5 | Severe iron deficiency anemia | Partial gastrectomy | 15 | | 5 | Spans et al. 2016 [12] | 18/F | Gastric antrum | 4.5 | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | | 6 | Morris et al. 2016 [13] | 9/F | Gastric antrum | 5 | Abdominal pain, vomiting | Partial gastrectomy | 6 | | 7 | Liang et al. 2017 [14] | 11/M | Gastric pylorus | 17 | Abdominal pain | Partial gastrectomy | 12 | | 8 | Szurian et al. 2017 [15] | 16/F | Gastric antrum | 6.5 | Anemia | Partial gastrectomy | 6 | | 9 | Djurić et al. 2018 [16] | 14/M | Gastric antrum | 5 | Anemia | Partial gastrectomy | 42 | | 10 | Fukazawa et al. 2019 [2] | 14/F | Gastric antrum | 5.5 cm | Abdominal pain, hematemesis | Partial gastrectomy | 16 | | 11 | Li et al. 2019 [17] | 5/M | Gastric antrum | 8.5 | Pale complexion | Distal gastrectomy | 36 | | 12 | Nasralla et al. 2019 Current case | 16/M | Gastric cardia near gastroesophageal junction | 5 | Anemia, hematemesis | Wedge resection of mass at GE junction | 36 |
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