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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor masquerading as a lung neoplasm. A case presentation and literature review

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract. Their incidence in the esophagus is 1%–3%. Never has a GIST been documented to directly invade the lung. We report a primary esophageal GIST with direct invasion into the lung parenchyma, presenting predominant...

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Autores principales: Papaspyros, S, Papagiannopoulos, K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18495011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-31