Multiple giant leiomyomas of the esophagus and stomach

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 504-508

  Prenzel, K Laus ^a   Schafer E ^b   Stippel, D ^a   Beckurts, K T E ^a   Holscher A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Multiple leiomyomas

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 4 A5; COLLAGEN TYPE 4 A6; DESMIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON INTERPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS LEIOMYOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LEIOMYOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CARDIA; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750459364     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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