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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of unusual phenotype after imatinib treatment: A case report and diagnostic utility of ETV1 mRNA in situ hybridization.
Medicine - 1 Dec 2017
Jung Minsun, Park Sung-Hye, Jeon Yoon Kyung, Won Jae-Kyung, Yang Han-Kwang, Kim Woo Ho
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common tumor of mesenchymal origin in gastrointestinal tract. Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining combined with a typical morphology is used for the diagnosis of GIST. Typically, IHC staining for v-kit Hardy-Zuckerman 4 feline sarcoma viral oncogene (KIT) and discovered on GIST-1(DOG1) is positive in almost all GISTs. However, imatinib mesylate, a...
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