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Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología
Print version ISSN 0120-9957On-line version ISSN 2500-7440
Abstract
ROMERO ROJAS, Alfredo Ernesto et al. Gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor with unusual skull metastasis. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2011, vol.26, n.4, pp.311-315. ISSN 0120-9957.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) originate in the wall of the digestive tract from the esophagus to the anus. Approximately 25% of gastric GISTs are clinically malignant. Most often they metastasize to the liver, less commonly to soft tissues and bone. The clinical case of a patient with a gastric GIST, liver and unusual cranial metastasis is presented
Keywords : Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; cranial neoplasms; immunohistochemistry.