Open AccessCytomorphology of gastrointestinal stromal tumors and extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A comprehensive morphologic study
Author(s) -
Mukul Vij,
Vinita Agrawal,
Ashok Kumar,
Rakesh Pandey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.107505
Subject(s) - gist , pathology , pleomorphism (cytology) , stromal tumor , medicine , cytopathology , cd117 , stromal cell , malignancy , metastasis , rectum , epithelioid cell , cytology , cancer , biology , immunohistochemistry , cd34 , stem cell , genetics
The term gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) is used to refer to those mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) which express CD117, a c-kit proto-oncogene protein.