Clinicopathologic characteristics, diagnostic clues, and prognoses of patients with multiple sporadic gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a case series and review of the literature

Clinicopathologic characteristics, diagnostic clues, and prognoses of patients with multiple sporadic gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a case series and review of the literature

Abstract Background Most sporadic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) occur as solitary tumors, while multiple sporadic GISTs are extremely rare and often misdiagnosed as metastatic GISTs, leading to inappropriate treatment. This study aimed to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics...

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Main Authors: Yan-Ying Shen, Xin-Li Ma, Lin-Xi Yang, Wen-Yi Zhao, Lin Tu, Chun Zhuang, Bo Ni, Qiang Liu, Ming Wang, Hui Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
Subjects:
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Multiple
Sporadic
KIT mutations
PDGFRA mutations
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-020-00939-7

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