Solitary gastric melanotic schwannoma: Sonographic findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-54

  Chen, Yang Yuan ^a   Yen, Hsu Heng ^a   Soon, Maw Soan ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Melanotic schwannoma; Percutaneous biopsy; Sonography; Stomach; Tumors; Ultrasound guided biopsy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NAUSEA; NEURILEMOMA; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; RARE DISEASE; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VOMITING;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURILEMMOMA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33846219051     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20279     Document Type: Article

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