Esophageal GIST: Case report of surgical enucleation and update on current diagnostic and therapeutic options

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-396

  Portale, Giuseppe ^a   Zaninotto, Giovanni ^b   Costantini, Mario ^b   Rugge, Massimo ^a   Pennelli, Gian Maria ^a   Rampado, Sabrina ^b   Bocus, Paolo ^a   Ancona, Ermanno ^a  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign tumor; Esophageal GIST; Esophagus; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; SARCOMA; STROMAL CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34748845261     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896907302366     Document Type: Article

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