Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the stomach in a 14-year-old boy: A case report

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1391-1400

  Czekalla, Ralph ^a   Fuchs, Martin ^a   Stölzle, Angela ^a   Nerlich, Andreas ^a   Poremba, Christopher ^b   Schaefer, Karl Ludwig ^b   Weirich, Gregor ^c   Höfler, Heinz ^c   Schneller, Folker ^c   Peschel, Christian ^c   Siewert, Jörg Rüdiger ^d   Schepp, Wolfgang ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

111In DTPA D Phe 1 octreotide scintigraphy; CD117; CD99; Computed tomography; Endoscopy; EWS exon 7 FLI1 exon 5 fusion transcript; Gastroendosonography; Imatinib (ST1571); Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EWS FLI 1 FUSION GENE; FUSION GENE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROFILAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH SCINTISCANNING; STOMACH TUMOR; SUBTOTAL GASTRECTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10344225694     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200412000-00026     Document Type: Article

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