Primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the esophagus in an HIV-positive patient

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-53

  Padula, Anthony ^a   Chin, Nena W ^b   Azeez, Suleiman ^c   Resetkova, Erika ^a   Andriko, Jo Ann ^d   Miettinen, Markku ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD117 c kit; Esophagus; GIST; HIV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13444267654     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.anndiagpath.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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