Background and Aims The use of contrast-harmonic EUS (CH-EUS) in routine clinical
practice is increasing rapidly but is not yet standardized. We present the levels of evidence …

Context The discovery and subsequent ultrastructural characterization of the interstitial Cajal
like cells (now called telocytes) in virtually every anatomic sites of the human body, by …

Most gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) occur in the tubular gastrointestinal (GI) tract,
but some present apparently outside the GI tract. In this study, we analyzed 112 GISTs …

Primary extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor (EGISTs) arising in the pancreas is extremely
rare: only 20 cases have previously been reported in the English literature from 2000 to …

METHODS: We report a case of pancreatic EGIST and review published studies on
pancreatic EGIST accessed via the PubMed, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and Google …

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal
tract (GI) that are defined, in part, by the expression of CD117, a c-Kit proto-oncogene …

Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor (EGIST) is a special type of gastrointestinal stromal
tumor, which has similar biological characteristics to its counterpart, and occurs outside the …

Purpose GISTs arising from organs outside GI tract are defined as extragastrointestinal
GISTs (EGIST). The majority of EGISTs arise from small intestinal mesentry, mesocolon …

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent a distinct subset of mesenchymal tumours
of the gastrointestinal tract. They are more common in the stomach and small intestine, and …

Background: Reports on clinicopathologic features and prognosis of pancreatic GIST are
limited due to the extremely rare incidence. Study: One case of pancreatic GIST from our …