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Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the pelvic cavity: case report.
Medical molecular morphology - 1 Jun 2012
Hirano Hiroshi, Yoshida Toshimi, Yoshimura Hisashi, Fukuoka Masato, Ohmura Noriko, Nishizawa Yuusuke, Tachibana Shiro, Hirota Seiichi, Zozumi Masataka, Nishigami Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (E-GISTs) not associated with the alimentary tract in the pelvic cavity are extremely rare. We treated a 49-year-old Japanese man with such an E-GIST in the pelvic cavity who underwent an intrapelvic tumorectomy with a total prostatectomy and partial rectum resection. Gross examination of the specimen revealed an 8.1 × 5 × 4 cm white-grayish mass. Histological findings showed...
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