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Minute gastric sclerosing stromal tumors (GIST tumorlets) are common in adults and frequently show c-KIT mutations.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Jan 2007
Agaimy Abbas, Wünsch Peter H, Hofstaedter Ferdinand, Blaszyk Hagen, Rümmele Petra, Gaumann Andreas, Dietmaier Wolfgang, Hartmann Arndt
Abstract excerpt
Multifocal hyperplasia of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC hyperplasia) is a precursor of hereditary gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in patients with germline mutations of c-KIT or PDGFRA, but precursor lesions of sporadic GISTs have not been defined yet. Small hyalinizing stromal tumors of the proximal stomach (referred to in this study as GIST tumorlets) were collected prospectively from 98 consecutive...
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