[A Case of Spindle Cell Tumor in the Gastric Mucosa Treated with Laparoscopic Local Gastrectomy].

The patient was a 43-year-old man. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination revealed a gastric submucosal tumor(SMT)-like, elevated 8-mm lesion in the greater curvature of the upper body of the stomach. It was diagnosed as spindle cell tumor on the basis of biopsy findings, and a gastrointestinal stromal tumor(GIST)was suspected.