A rare cause of intestinal obstruction due to an exophytic gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the small bowel

Signa Vitae

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 32-34

  Sezer, Atakan ^a   Yagci, Mehmet Ali ^a   Hatipoglu, Ahmet Rahmi ^a   Coskun, Irfan ^a   Cicin, Irfan ^a   Usta, Ufuk ^a   Temizoz, Osman ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Intestinal obstruction; Small bowel; Surgery

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM TUMOR; INTESTINE RESECTION; JEJUNUM TUMOR; LAPAROTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77953663527     PISSN: 13345605     EISSN: 1845206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22514/SV42.102009.7     Document Type: Article

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