Coincidental occurrence of granular cell tumor and gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a patient

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-136

  Ince, Ali Tüzün ^a,d   Yavuzer, Dilek ^b   Kiliç, Güray ^a   Kendir, Tülin ^c   Demitürk, Pelin ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Outpatient Endoscopy Unit   (Turkey)

^d Gastroenteroloji Kliniǧi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MALE; SIGMOID;

COLON, SIGMOID; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; ILEUM; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 45849124944     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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