title: Primary oral KIT-positive tumour consistent with gastrointestinal stromal tumour.
abstract: Gastrointestinal stromal tumours are characteristically positive for KIT (reflective of the c-KIT gene). A case is reported of an apparent rapidly growing gastrointestinal stromal tumour, which arose in the floor of the mouth and metastasized to the left neck without evidence of disease elsewhere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan. miyahide@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minemura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Narikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurashina
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000473:pathology*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit