JOURNAL ARTICLE

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Clinical, Radiologic, and Pathologic Features

Kumaresan SandrasegaranArumugam RajeshJonas RydbergDaniel A. RushingFatih AkisikJohn Henley

Year: 2005 Journal:   American Journal of Roentgenology Vol: 184 (3)Pages: 803-811   Publisher: American Roentgen Ray Society

Abstract

A BFig. 1.-50-year-old woman with small-bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).A, Photomicrograph of histopathologic slide shows typical GIST composed of fascicles of nondescript spindle cells.Appearance on H and E stain is similar to that of smooth muscle tumor.B, Photomicrograph of histopathologic slide shows that in appropriate clinicopathologic setting, c-kit positivity (brown staining) is diagnostic of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

Keywords:
Medicine Stromal cell Pathology Stromal tumor Radiology

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Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Gastroenterology
Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Surgery
Tumors and Oncological Cases
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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