Granular cell tumor of the esophagus: Report of five cases and review of the literature

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 338-341

  Narra, Sri Lakshmi ^a   Tombazzi, Claudio ^a   Datta, Vivekanand ^a   Ismail, Mohammad K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal benign tumor; Esophagus; Granular cell tumor; Myoblastoma; Submucosal nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 45549099597     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181568197     Document Type: Article

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