Malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the ampulla of Vater presenting with obstructive jaundice

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-206

  Filippou, Dimitrios ^a   Pashalidis, N ^a   Skandalakis, P ^b   Rizos, S ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ampulla of Vater; Cajal cells; CD 117; CD 34; ERCP; EUS FNA; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Obstructive jaundice

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BILIRUBIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELENA; NAUSEA; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; VATER PAPILLA TUMOR; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AMPULLA OF VATER; ANTIGENS, CD34; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746598177     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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