Oesophageal gastro-intestinal stromal tumour presenting with rupture into pleural cavity

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 478-481

  Wong, C S ^a   Chan, T ^a   Chu, Y C ^b   Cheng, L F ^a   Mak, Y F ^a   Lee, K Y ^a   Au Yeung, M C ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Hydropneumothorax; Imatinib; Proto oncogene proteins c kit

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IMATINIB;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNOSTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA CAVITY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; ARTICLE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL CAVITY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849139164     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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