[Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a case with mixed muscular-neuronal origin].
GIST have still today controversial aspects of their histogenesis that are reflected on the classification and prognosis. It's showed a particular case with mixed muscular-neuronal histogenesis that supposes totipotent cell origin of these neoplasms. Diagnosis, classification and prognosis are very difficult to evaluate; surgery at the moment is the only useful treatment modality.
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Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Mediche Applicate, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D009380:Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue / Q000473:pathology*