Giant GIST of the mesocolon: Report of a case

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 537-540

  Paparellii, C ^a   Cavallaro, G ^a,b   Basso, L ^a   Polistena, A ^a   Mingazzini, P L ^a   De Toma, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

GIST; Mesocolon; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESOCOLON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEUM TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESOCOLON; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947629664     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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