Cytologic diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumor with emphasis on the differential diagnosis with leiornyosarcoma

Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 276-287

  Wieczorek, Tad J ^a   Faquin, William C ^b   Rubin, Brian P ^c   Cibas, Edmund S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CD117; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration (FNA); Gastrointestinal neoplasms; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma (LMS); Protooncogene protein c kit; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ONCOGENE C KIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0035949149     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.9042     Document Type: Article

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