Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor arising in the rectovaginal septum: Report of an unusual case with literature review

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-401

  Zhang, Wenjing ^a   Peng, Zhilan ^a   Xu, Lian ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C kit; CD117; Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor; Rectovaginal septum; Vaginal mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAGASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67349288465     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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