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Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the pancreas: case report and a review of the literature.

Showalter SL, Lloyd JM, Glassman DT, Berger AC

Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut St, Curtis Building, Suite 620, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. shaynalefrak@hotmail.com

Gastrointestinal (GI) stromal tumors are mesenchymal tumors that arise from the GI tract. In rare cases, these tumors are found in intra-abdominal sites unrelated to the GI tract and are immunohistochemically similar to their GI tract counterparts. Primary pancreatic GI stromal tumors are very rare, with only 4 previous cases reported.

Published 18 March 2008 in Arch Surg, 143(3): 305-8.
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