Duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumor with epithelioid and neural features mimicking a primary pancreas head neuroendocrine tumor

Pancreas. 2014 Apr;43(3):482-3. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000094.

Authors

Tomas Slavik¹, Johannie du Plessis, Anna Sparaco, Schalk Willem van der Merwe

Affiliation

¹ Ampath Pathology Laboratories and Department of Anatomical Pathology University of Pretoria South Africa Hepatology and GI-Research Laboratory Department of Immunology University of Pretoria South Africa Hepatopancreaticobiliary Unit Department of Surgery University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa Hepatology and GI-Research Laboratory Department of Immunology University of Pretoria Department of Hepatology University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium Schalk.vandermerwe@uzleuven.be.

PMID: 24622084
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000094

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anoctamin-1
Antigens, CD34 / metabolism
Chloride Channels / metabolism
Chromogranin A / metabolism
Diagnosis, Differential
Duodenal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Duodenal Neoplasms / metabolism
Epithelioid Cells / metabolism
Epithelioid Cells / pathology
Female
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis*
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / metabolism
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Proteins / metabolism
Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnosis*
Neuroendocrine Tumors / metabolism
Neurons / metabolism
Neurons / pathology
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / metabolism

Substances

ANO1 protein, human
Anoctamin-1
Antigens, CD34
Chloride Channels
Chromogranin A
Neoplasm Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit