Malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the tongue: Case report and review of the literature

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Ibrahim, Hussein Hassan Hamed ^a,d   Ahmad, Mahmoud Sayed ^b   Eskaf, Waddah Abdo ^c   Schutz, Petr ^a  

^a Al Adan Dental Center   (Kuwait)

^b Al Farwaniya Hospital   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

^d NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA; TONGUE TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; SARCOMA; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79954620902     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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