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A BIZARRE SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOUR OF THE STOMACH
Author(s) -
AND L. J. H. Butterfield,
Casey T. P.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1967.tb05543.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stomach , leiomyosarcoma , general surgery , anatomy , surgery
Summary a case is reported of a female patient, aged 68 years, who presented with swollen legs. this common symptom had an uncommon cause, a leiomyosarcoma of the stomach. the tumour itself was also unusual in that it was large and cystic and showed pseudoepithelial features.