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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2010; 16(4): 522-525
Published online Jan 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.522
A perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the stomach: An unsuspected diagnosis
Cristina Aparecida Troques da Silveira Mitteldorf, Dario Birolini, Luis Heraldo da Camara-Lopes
Cristina Aparecida Troques da Silveira Mitteldorf, Luis Heraldo da Camara-Lopes, Laboratory of Surgical and Molecular Pathology, Hospital Sírio Libanês, rua Dona Adma Jafet 91, São Paulo, SP 01308-050, Brazil
Dario Birolini, Department of Surgery of the University of São Paulo Medical School, av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar 255, 05403-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, and Hospital Sírio Libanês, rua Dona Adma Jafet 91, São Paulo, SP 01308-050, Brazil
Luis Heraldo da Camara-Lopes, Genoa Biotechnology S.A., Alameda Ministro Rocha Azevedo, 346, 1st floor, 01410-000, São Paulo, SP 01308-050, Brazil
Author contributions: Mitteldorf CATS, Camara-Lopes LH and Birolini D contributed equally to this work; Birolini D is the surgeon responsible for the patient; Mitteldorf CATS reviewed the literature and wrote the manuscript advised by Camara-Lopes LH.
Correspondence to: Cristina Aparecida Troques da Silveira Mitteldorf, MD, PhD, Senior Pathologist, Laboratory of Surgical and Molecular Pathology, Hospital Sírio Libanês, rua Dona Adma Jafet 91, São Paulo, SP 01308-050, Brazil. crismitteldorf@ig.com.br
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Received: July 29, 2008
Revised: December 14, 2009
Accepted: December 21, 2009
Published online: January 28, 2010
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