A Case of Liver Metastasis from Small Intestinal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor 25 Years after Surgery including Autopsy Findings

Table 1

Reported cases of GIST recurrence occurring later than 10 years after surgery.

Author (year)	Reference number	Age	Sex	Primary site	Size (cm)	Mitotic index	Risk classification (Fletcher)	Recurrence site	Time to recurrence (years)
Ballarini (1998)	8	62	Male	Stomach	4	1/50 HPF	Low	Liver	11
Matsuoka (2003)	9	58	Male	Rectum	4	2/10 HPF	Intermediate	Liver	12
Nowain (2005)	10	39	Female	Small intestine	10	N/A	Intermediate	Liver	17
Matsuoka (2007)	11	55	Female	Small intestine	14	N/A	High	Liver	17
Ginori (2015)	12	71	Male	Duodenum	2.5	1/50 HPF	Low	Liver	29
Our case	—	56	Male	Small intestine	N/A	N/A	N/A	Liver	25

N/A: not available.