Crohn's disease and a gastrointestinal stromal tumor in an 81-year-old man - A rare coincidence

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 597-599

  Mijandrusic Sincic, B M ^a   Kovac D ^b   Jasic M ^b   Grbas, H ^c   Uravic M ^c   Depolo, A ^a,c  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c University Hospital Centre Rijekam   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Ileus; Inflammatory bowel disease; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; ILEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; RARE DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; ILEUM; ILEUS; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 29844449161     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-918206     Document Type: Article

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