Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor of the inferior vena cava: a case report

Abstract Here, we present a case report of a 60-year-old female with a 5-cm tumor in the inferior vena cava (IVC) that was positive for c-kit and CD34 expression. Thus, we considered this to be an extragastrointestinal c-kit-positive stromal tumor (EGIST). To the best of our knowledge, no primary EG...

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Main Authors: Kazuhide Ko, Kimiyoshi Shimanuki, Wataru Sakamoto, Keisuke Hara, Eiji Uchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2017-04-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-017-0329-8