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A Rare Case of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST): a Case Report and Review of the Literature

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA

    Hamzeh Saraireh & Obada Tayyem

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, USA

    Omar Al Asad

  3. Division of Cytopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA

    Ranjana Nawgiri

  4. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA

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H Saraireh and O Tayyem wrote the manuscript and reviewed the literature. R Nawgiri helped in writing the manuscript and providing the cytology smears and histopathology slides. H Saraireh, O Al Asad, and I Alawin critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. H Saraireh, R Nawgiri, and I Alawin supervised the process and approved the final draft. H Saraireh is the corresponding author and is the article guarantor.

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Saraireh, H., Tayyem, O., Al Asad, O. et al. A Rare Case of a Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST): a Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Gastrointest Canc 50, 926–934 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-017-0037-4

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