Oesophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumour masquerading as neuroendocrine carcinoma [5]

Histopathology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-329

  Feakins, R M ^a   Mears, L ^a   Atkinson, P ^b   Hughes, F ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Southend Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSARCOMA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 24144449554     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02115.x     Document Type: Letter

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