Perforated meckel's diverticulum presenting as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor: A case report

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 809-811

  Hager, Martina ^a   Hans, Maier ^a   Eberwein, Martin ^b   Klingler, Paul ^b   Kolbitsch, Christian ^b   Tiefenthaler, Werner ^b   Mikuz, Gregor ^a   Moser, Patrizia Lucia ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GIST; Meckel's diverticulum; Perforation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITOSIS; PERITONITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21244443043     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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