Services on Demand
Journal
Article
Indicators
Cited by SciELO
Access statistics
Related links
Cited by Google
Similars in SciELO
Similars in Google
Share
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.