Dual CD117 expression in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) and paraganglioma of carney triad: A case report

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-92

  Horenstein, Marcelo G ^a,b   Hitchcock, Thomas A ^a   Tucker, J Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dermatology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomie nervous system; Carney triad; CD117 (c kit); Extra adrenal paraganglioma; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); Pulmonary chondroma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CHONDROMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 13544269603     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690501300113     Document Type: Article

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