Pedunculated Giant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach Showing Extragastric Growth: Report of a Case

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-162

  Kimura, Hironobu ^a   Yoshida, Toru ^a   Kinoshita, Seiichi ^a   Takahashi, Ichiro ^a  

^a Yamanaka National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extragastric growth; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Uncommitted type

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPLEEN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0442323242     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2659-3     Document Type: Article

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