Jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor that developed in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report

• Main Authors: Hideki Nagano (Author), Shigekazu Ohyama (Author), Atsushi Sato (Author), Jun Igarashi (Author), Tomoko Yamamoto (Author), Masumi Kadoya (Author), Mikiko Kobayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is known to be associated with the frequent occurrence of unique gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), preferably occurring in the small intestine, with no mutations in the c-kit proto-oncogene or platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PD...