Peritonitis secondary to spontaneous perforation of a primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the small intestine: A case report and a literature review.

Introduction: A few cases of acute abdomen caused by perforation of small-intestinal gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) have been reported in the literature.

Presentation Of Case: Together with a review of the published cases, here we report a case of an elderly patient with peritonitis due to spontaneous perforation of a GIST of the jejunum. An 82-year-old man was admitted to the emergency unit of our hospital with fever and severe abdominal pain.