title: Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of GIST: a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract. The authors take this opportunity to report two cases of GISTs of large bowel diagnosed on cytology and confirmed by histopathology and immunohistochemistry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Veena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maheshwari
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Manoranjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.forename: Anshu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Farhan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Asif Siddiqui
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhargava
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000737:chemistry; D053144:Cell Nucleus Shape; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit