Esophageal sarcomas: Report of three cases

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 244-247

  Kimura, Hironobu ^a   Konishi, Kohji ^a   Kawamura, Taichi ^a   Nojima, Naomi ^a   Satou, Takahiro ^a   Maeda, Kiichi ^a   Yabushita, Kazuhisa ^a   Kuroda, Yoshitaka ^a   Tsuji, Masahiko ^a   Miwa, Atsuo ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Liver metastasis; Polypoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOSARCOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032778249     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018716     Document Type: Article

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