Gastrointestinal stromal tumors as an incidental finding in patients with a presumptive diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

Objective: To report the clinical presentation and oncologic outcomes of a series of patients who presented with an abdominal or pelvic mass and were diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).

Methods: Data were obtained on all patients who presented with an abdominal or pelvic mass between September 2007 and June 2010 and who were ultimately diagnosed with a GIST. The patients' medical records were reviewed.

Endovascular treatment of complicated type-B aortic dissection with stent-grafts:: midterm results.

Purpose: To report the midterm results of the endovascular treatment of complicated type-B aortic dissection with use of stent-grafts.

Materials And Methods: Ten patients with acute (n = 4) or chronic (n = 6) complicated type-B dissection were treated with custom-made stent-grafts. Indications for treatment included uncontrollable hypertension with dissection extension (n = 3), renal ischemia (n = 1), and false lumen aneurysm (n = 6).