Granular cell tumor occurring in the sigmoid colon treated by endoscopic mucosal resection using a transparent cap (EMR-C)

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 385-389

  Endo, Shinji ^a   Hirasaki, Shoji ^a   Doi, Toshihiko ^a   Endo, Hisashi ^a   Nishina, Tomohiro ^a   Moriwaki, Toshikazu ^a   Nakauchi, Masahito ^a   Masumoto, Toshikazu ^a   Tanimizu, Masahito ^a   Hyodo, Ichinosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic mucosal resection; Granular cell tumor; Submucosal tumor of the colon

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CYTOPLASM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCOSA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR CELL;

COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037515317     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350300068     Document Type: Article

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