Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor mimicking a uterine tumor. A rare clinical entity

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1115-1118

  Peitsidis, P ^a   Zarganis, P ^a   Trichia, H ^a   Vorgias, G ^a   Smith, J R ^b   Akrivos, Th ^a  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EGIST; Pouch of Douglas; Uterine tumor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMATINIB; PEROXIDASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MEDICAL ERROR; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51749115986     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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