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An unusual site of metastasis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Author(s) -

Carolina Cauchi,

Jonathan C. Trent,

Kristin Edwards,

Monica Davey,

Massimo Lopez,

Jian Yu,

Margaret von Mehren

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

rare tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2036-3613

pISSN - 2036-3605

DOI - 10.4081/rt.2010.e58

Subject(s) - medicine , gastrointestinal tract , stromal cell , mesenchymal stem cell , stromal tumor , metastasis , pathology , lung , gist , cancer

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. They commonly metastasize within the abdominal cavity, particularly to the liver. Less commonly, metastases can be found in the lung or bone. This report describes the first two cases of metastasis to the left ventricle in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor

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