An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. They commonly metastasize within the abdominal cavity, particularly to the liver. Less commonly, metastases can be found in the lung or bone. This report describes the first two cases of metastasis to the left vent...

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Autores principales: Cauchi, Carolina, Trent, Jonathan C., Edwards, Kristin, Davey, Monica, Lopez, Massimo, Yu, Jian Q., von Mehren, Margaret
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3019593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234250
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e58
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author Cauchi, Carolina
Trent, Jonathan C.
Edwards, Kristin
Davey, Monica
Lopez, Massimo
Yu, Jian Q.
von Mehren, Margaret
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Trent, Jonathan C.
Edwards, Kristin
Davey, Monica
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description Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. They commonly metastasize within the abdominal cavity, particularly to the liver. Less commonly, metastases can be found in the lung or bone. This report describes the first two cases of metastasis to the left ventricle in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
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spelling pubmed-30195932011-01-13 An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor Cauchi, Carolina Trent, Jonathan C. Edwards, Kristin Davey, Monica Lopez, Massimo Yu, Jian Q. von Mehren, Margaret Rare Tumors Case Report Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. They commonly metastasize within the abdominal cavity, particularly to the liver. Less commonly, metastases can be found in the lung or bone. This report describes the first two cases of metastasis to the left ventricle in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor. PAGEPress Publications 2010-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3019593/ /pubmed/21234250 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e58 Text en © Copyright C. Cauchi et al., 2010 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
spellingShingle Case Report
Cauchi, Carolina
Trent, Jonathan C.
Edwards, Kristin
Davey, Monica
Lopez, Massimo
Yu, Jian Q.
von Mehren, Margaret
An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor
title An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor
title_full An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor
title_fullStr An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor
title_full_unstemmed An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor
title_short An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor
title_sort unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3019593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234250
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e58
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