Plexiform angiomyxoid myofibroblastic tumor of the stomach

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 724-728

  Takahashi, Yoshihisa ^a   Shimizu, Seiichiro ^b   Ishida, Tsuyoshi ^c   Aita, Kiyoshi ^a   Toida, Suzuko ^a   Fukusato, Toshio ^a   Mori, Shigeo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

^c Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Plexiform angiomyxoid myofibroblastic tumor; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PLEXIFORM ANGIOMYXOID MYOFIBROBLASTIC TUMOR OF THE STOMACH; SEROSA; SPINDLE CELL; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH TUMOR; STOMACH ULCER; STOMACH WALL; TISSUE GROWTH; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBROMA; MYXOMA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247624565     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213448.54643.2f     Document Type: Article

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