Gastrointestinal stromal tumors with pseudocystic change mimicking a pancreatic tumor: Two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pauser, Ursula ^a   Hinz, Sebastian ^b   Merz, Hartmut ^a   Feller, Alfred C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EXON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PALPATION; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 72449135323     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-7592     Document Type: Article

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