Gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the duodenum exhibiting hemangiopericytoma-like histological pattern

Pathology International

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-101

  Takahashi, Yoshihisa ^a   Shimizu, Seiichiro ^b   Sakurai, Shinji ^c   Kumagai, Arisa ^a   Mori, Shigeo ^a   Fukusato, Toshio ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duodenum; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Hemangiopericytoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CODON; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DUODENUM TUMOR; EXON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE DELETION; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HEMATOCHEZIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GENE; TUMOR VOLUME;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GENE DELETION; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 58149305724     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02335.x     Document Type: Article

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