Spontaneous rupture of giant gastric stromal tumor into gastric lumen

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) constitute a large majority of mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which express the c-kit proto-oncogene protein, a cell membrane receptor with tyrosine kinase activity. GI s...

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Main Authors: Dhar Puneet S, Nandakumar Raghavan R, John Anil K, Sudheer Vayoth O, Mehta Rajiv M, Sudhindran Surendran, Balakrishnan Vallath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-02-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Online Access:http://www.wjso.com/content/3/1/11