Diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor extending to prostate: A case report and literature review.

RATIONALE: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the neoplasm of gastrointestinal tract.

PATIENT CONCERNS: The patient complained about the retention of urinary.

DIAGNOSES: GIST.

INTERVENTIONS: radical prostatectomy and the imatinib therapy.

OUTCOMES: No recurrence and metastasis have been found during a 14-month follow-up.

LESSONS: comprehensive treatment is necessary for the GIST treatment. Furthermore, we summarize a review of the literature of GIST occurring in the prostate gland treated by different methods and 4 kinds of rare diseases in prostate.