Unusual Sonographic Appearance of a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Presenting as a Large Multilocular Cystic Mass

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 200-203

  Chang, Chi Yang ^a   Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Mao, Tasui Lien ^a   Hu, Rey Heng ^a   Yang, Pei Ming ^a   Lai, Ming Yang ^a   Lin, Jaw Town ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C kit; CD34; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Multilocular cyst

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; IMATINIB; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; STOMACH WALL; SUBMUCOSA;

CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 1942434696     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20010     Document Type: Article

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