What’s the Mass? The Gist of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare, and patients usually present with vague and non-specific abdominal symptoms. This report illustrates how point-of-care ultrasound performed in the emergency setting in the evaluation of such patients helped in management of two undiagnosed GIST patie...

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Autor principal: Chan, Kim P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849256
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.12.36375
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spelling pubmed-59651492018-05-30 What’s the Mass? The Gist of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Chan, Kim P. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare, and patients usually present with vague and non-specific abdominal symptoms. This report illustrates how point-of-care ultrasound performed in the emergency setting in the evaluation of such patients helped in management of two undiagnosed GIST patients. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5965149/ /pubmed/29849256 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.12.36375 Text en © 2018 Chan http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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What’s the Mass? The Gist of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
title What’s the Mass? The Gist of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
title_full What’s the Mass? The Gist of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
title_fullStr What’s the Mass? The Gist of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
title_full_unstemmed What’s the Mass? The Gist of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
title_short What’s the Mass? The Gist of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
title_sort what’s the mass? the gist of point-of-care ultrasound in gastrointestinal stromal tumors
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849256
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.12.36375
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