Mesenteric fibromatosis with intestinal involvement mimicking a gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-63

  Wronski, Marek ^a   Ziarkiewicz Wroblewska, Bogna ^b   Slodkowski, Maciej ^a   Cebulski, Wlodzimierz ^a   Gornicka, Barbara ^b   Krasnodebski, Ireneusz W ^a  

^a WUM   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

desmoid tumour; differential diagnosis; gastrointestinal stromal tumour; GIST; mesenteric fibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENTERY; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 79952017877     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-010-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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