Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors containing air-fluid levels.

An air-fluid level within a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is unusual and indicates the presence of a fistula within the lumen of the GI tract. Until recently, the optimal management of such patients was not clear-cut. This retrospective study investigated the clinicopathological characterist...

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Main Authors: Tianzhu Liu, Gao Lin, Hui Peng, Lesheng Huang, Xiaosong Jiang, Hongyi Li, Kaili Cai, Jinghua Jiang, Lei Guo, Xiaohua Du, Jiahui Tang, Wanchun Zhang, Jun Chen, Yongsong Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261566&type=printable