Late umbilical port-site recurrence of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor with an acquired PDGFRα mutation after laparoscopic resection: report of a case.

doi:10.1097/SLE.0b013e3182479e1f

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Late umbilical port-site recurrence of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor with an acquired PDGFRα mutation after laparoscopic resection: report of a case.

Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques - 1 Apr 2012

Furukawa Masashi, Izumi Sadanobu, Asano Hiroaki, Tokumo Masaki, Mano Shohey, Shiota Kunihiko

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A 71-year-old man underwent laparoscopic partial gastrectomy for a gastric submucosal tumor in 1997; subsequently, he underwent follow-up without therapy. In December 2008, he noticed a mass at the umbilical wound. Computed tomography and physical examination of the umbilical mass indicated suspected recurrence of the gastric submucosal tumor at the port site. Because the lesion was locally confined, surgery was...

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Late umbilical port-site recurrence of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor with an acquired PDGFRα mutation after laparoscopic resection: report of a case.

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