Cytological findings in a primary GIST of the gallbladder

Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 332-335

  Al Daraji, W I ^a   Prescott, R J ^b   Al Mahmoud, R M W ^c   Husain, E A ^d   Haider, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^d ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349156423     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2008.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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