Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting as hemorrhagic pancreatic cyst diagnosed by EUS-FNA

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-191

  Harindhanavudhi, Tasma ^a   Tanawuttiwat, Tanyanan ^a   Pyle, Joseph ^b   Silva, Rogelio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy, fine needle; Endosonography; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Pancreas; Pancreatic cyst

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; AMYLASE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMATINIB; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LAPAROTOMY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS HEMORRHAGE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TACHYCARDIA; WEAKNESS; BLEEDING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIGENS, CD34; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 66149089555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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