Giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor, associated with esophageal hiatus hernia

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 186-192

  Miyauchi, Takayuki ^a,c   Ishikawa, Masashi ^a   Nisioka, Masanori ^a   Kashiwagi, Yutaka ^a   Miki, Hisatsugu ^a   Sato, Yasunori ^a   Endo, Noriko ^a   Uemura, Takashige ^a   Inoue, Shuji ^a   Hiroi, Makoto ^a   Kikutsuji, Touru ^b   Ohgami, Naoko ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b Kohoku Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Tokushima Prefectural Miyoshi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal hiatus hernia; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Self expandable metallic stent

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STENT; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

HIATUS; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0036704529     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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