Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the esophagus detected by positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1315-1318

  Chang, Wei Chou ^a   Tzao, Ching ^a   Shen, Daniel Hueng Yuan ^a   Cheng, Cheng Yi ^a   Yu, Cheng Ping ^a   Hsu, Hsian He ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Positron emission tomography computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; EOSIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEMATOXYLIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCOSA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; STAINING;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STAINING AND LABELING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23044466137     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2779-2     Document Type: Article

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