Gastrointestinal stromal tumors metastatic to the ovary: A report of five cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 920-926

  Irving, Julie A ^a   Lerwill, Melinda F ^b   Young, Robert H ^b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Metastasis; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; OVARY TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 21244460383     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000155161.55915.c3     Document Type: Article

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