Mast cell-rich leiomyomas should not be mistaken for gastrointestinal stromal tumours [8]

Histopathology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-275

  Wong, N A C S ^a   Pawade, J ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; LEIOMYOMA; LETTER; MAST CELL; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MAST CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 34447548816     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02749.x     Document Type: Letter

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