Unusual metastasis of gastrointestinal stromal tumor misdiagnosed as anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 415-417

  Peparini, Nadia ^a   Di Matteo, Filippo Maria ^a   Maturo, Alessandro ^a   Marzullo, Antonella ^a   Campana, Francesco Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Metastasis; Thyroid tumor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 53949093943     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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