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Metastatic Cerebellar Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor with Obstructive Hydrocephalus Arising from the Small Intestine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is defined as a c-kit-positive gastrointestinal, mesenteric, or omental mesenchymal tumor that very rarely metastasizes to the brain. Metastasis to the cerebellum is particularly rare. An 80-year-old man presented with nausea and vomiting with disturbance of con...

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Autores principales: Sato, Kunitomo, Tanaka, Toshihide, Kato, Naoki, Ishii, Takuya, Terao, Toru, Murayama, Yuichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25610678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/343178