Increase in size of c-kit positive GI stromal tumor from 35 mm to 250 mm in 2 years: Case report

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 616-618

  Ninomiya, Yasuro ^a,b   Seki, Makoto ^b   Ohta, Hirotoshi ^b   Yamada, Kazuhiko ^b   Tsuji, Kazuhiko ^b   Yamaguchi, Toshiharu ^b   Yanagisawa, Akio ^b  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037385948     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.159     Document Type: Article

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