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Advanced-stage gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated with imatinib in a 12-year-old girl with a unique mutation of PDGFRA.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Nov 2005
Kuroiwa Minoru, Hiwatari Mitsuteru, Hirato Junko, Suzuki Norio, Tsuchida Yoshiaki, Shimada Akira, Shitara Toshiji, Taki Tomohiko, Hayashi Yasuhide
Abstract excerpt
A 12-year-old girl presented with a large abdominal tumor. At surgery, a huge pedunculated extraluminal tumor was found arising from the greater curvature of the stomach and invading the surrounding structures, and there were also a submucosal tumor measuring 5 x 4 x 4 cm and multiple intramural nodules beside the main tumor. These lesions, which were removed with 1.0-cm surgical margins, were...
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