Plexiform Schwannoma of the Small Intestine: Report of a Case

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 940-943

  Iida, Atsushi ^a   Imamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Katayama, Kanji ^a   Hirose, Kazuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Plexiform schwannoma; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HHF35; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; JEJUNOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PLEXIFORM SCHWANNOMA; SCHWANN CELL; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEURILEMMOMA;

EID: 0347416939     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2610-7     Document Type: Article

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