Peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the gastrointestinal tract: A multicenter study of 58 patients including NF1-associated gastric schwannoma and unusual morphologic variants

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 456, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-422

  Agaimy, Abbas ^f   Märkl, Bruno ^a   Kitz, Julia ^b   Wünsch, Peter H ^c   Arnholdt, Hans ^a   Füzesi, Laszlo ^b   Hartmann, Arndt ^f   Chetty, Runjan ^d,e  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIST; Granular cell tumor; NF1; Perineurioma; PNST; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951235017     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-010-0886-8     Document Type: Article

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