Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the descending colon mimicking a gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report.

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Published in World J Surg Oncol on November 14, 2016

Authors

Ryuta Iwamoto1,2, Tatsuki R Kataoka3, Ayako Furuhata1, Kazuo Ono2, Seiichi Hirota4, Kenji Kawada5, Yoshiharu Sakai5, Hironori Haga1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Syogoinkawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
2: Department of Pathology, Japan Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center, 4-20 Komatsubara-dori, Wakayama, 640-8558, Japan.
3: Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Syogoinkawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. trkataoka@yahoo.co.jp.
4: Department of Surgical Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan.
5: Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Syogoinkawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.

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