Plexiform angiomyxoid myofibroblastic tumour: Differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumour in the stomach

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1136-1137

  Rau, T T ^a   Hartmann, A ^a   Dietmaier, W ^b   Schmitz, J ^c   Hohenberger, W ^a   Hofstaedter, F ^b   Katenkamp, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Specialist for Internal Medicine   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; PLEXIFORM ANGIOMYXOID MYOFIBROBLASTIC TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBROMA; MYXOMA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53649101526     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.059162     Document Type: Article

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