lymph node metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist): to report a case
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the gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist) is a rare mesenchymal tumor of gastrointestinal (gi) tract. this tumor has tendency to liver metastasis and peritoneal recurrence, however; the primarily lymph node involvement or metastasis is rare. here we reported a 17-years-old girl with multifocal gastric gist and multiple lymph node involvement at presentation and recurrence in celiac lymph nodes. we also review some case reports on lymph node metastasis in gist. please cite this article as: shafizad a, mohammadianpanah m, nasrolahi h, mokhtari m, mousavi sa. lymph node metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist): to report a case. iran j cancer prev. 2014; 7(3):171-4.
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iranian journal of cancer preventionجلد ۷، شماره ۳، صفحات ۱۷۱-۱۷۴
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