Yersinia infection mimicking recurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 609-612

  Luedde, T ^a   Tacke, F ^a   Chavan, A ^a   Langer F ^a   Klempnauer, J ^a   Manns, M P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIST; Lymphadenopathy; Mesenchymal tumor; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersiniosis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; IMATINIB;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; ULTRASOUND; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 3142756619     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310008845     Document Type: Article

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