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Endoscopic Ultrasonographic Characteristics of Gastric Schwannoma Distinguished from Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Author(s) -
HyungChul Park,
DongJun Son,
HyungHoon Oh,
ChanYoung Oak,
Mi-Young Kim,
ChoYun Chung,
DaeSeong Myung,
Jong-Sun Jong-Sun,
Sung Bum Cho,
WanSik Lee,
YoungEun Joo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
korean journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.203
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2233-6869
pISSN - 1598-9992
DOI - 10.4166/kjg.2015.65.1.21
Subject(s) - medicine , stromal tumor , schwannoma , stromal cell , gist , radiology , pathology , general surgery
Gastric schwannoma (GS), a rare neurogenic mesenchymal tumor, is usually benign, slow-growing, and asymptomatic. However, GS is often misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) on endoscopic and radiological examinations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate EUS characteristics of GS distinguished from GIST.

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