title: Smooth muscle tumors of the appendix and colon: a collective review of the world literature.
abstract: In this collective review, we compiled all reported cases of smooth muscle tumors of the colon/appendix in the world literature from 1959 to 1989. Our goal was to make more accurate conclusions about these tumors based on our increased data pool.
authors.affiliation: Washington University, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tarasidis
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Skandalakis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mackay
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Lauer
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Skandalakis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009130:Muscle, Smooth; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome