Gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting as a pelvic mass

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 630-635

  Zighelboim, Israel ^a   Henao, Gwendolyn ^a   Kunda, Anand ^a   Gutierrez, Carolina ^a   Edwards, Creighton ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CA 125; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GIST; Imatinib mesylate; Pelvic mass; STI 571

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; IMATINIB; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 1642298819     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.08.025     Document Type: Article

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