Colorectal gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumours. Report of a stromal case of the rectum (GIST) and a leiomyosarcoma of the transverse colon

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Michalopoulos, A ^a   Papadopoulos, V N ^a,b   Basdanis, G ^a   Haralabopoulos, E ^a   Zatagias, A ^a   Netta, S ^a   Apostolidis, S ^a   Fahantidis, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colon leiomyosarcoma; Gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumours; Rectal stromal tumours

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; IMATINIB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESENCHYMOMA; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSVERSE COLON; TUMOR CELL; CANCER STAGING; COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RECTOSCOPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844314222     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-004-0142-9     Document Type: Article

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