creators_name: Ded, KS
creators_name: Khurana, MS
creators_name: Narang, GS
creators_name: Gupta, AK
creators_name: Kaur, L
creators_id: gsnarang321@gmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:05:12
lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:05:12
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title: GIST- A Rare Tumor in Paediatric Age Group
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: GIST; Mesenchymal tumor.
abstract: A 13 years old male child presented to us with complaints of pain abdomen, radiating towards back. Child underwent CT-abdomen with contrast which showed volvulus and child was operated immediately and resected part of gut was sent for histopathology examination. Histopathology report showed features suggestive of gastrointestinal stromal tumour and tumour marker CD-117 was sent for confirmation and report was found to be positive.
date: 2012-04-15
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 11
number: 1(15)
publisher: BS Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Ded, KS and Khurana, MS and Narang, GS and Gupta, AK and Kaur, L  (2012) GIST- A Rare Tumor in Paediatric Age Group.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/8880/1/2012-1-15.pdf