An unusual presentation of a Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST)

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  John, Solomon K P ^a   Basu, Sanjoy ^a   Lawrance, Richard J ^a   Davies, Nick ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIPOSARCOMA; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; MELENA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34548593729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-78     Document Type: Article

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