Extensive calcification within a gastrointestinal stromal tumour: A potential diagnostic pitfall [1]

Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 451-452

  Ong, Keith ^a   Singaporewalla, Reyaz Moiz ^b   Tan, Kong Bing ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

EID: 33749162478     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020600924922     Document Type: Article

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