Gastric neoplasms can be imaged by sonography when they cause wall thickening, intraluminal mass lesions, or gastric dilatation secondary to obstruction.' We present a rare case of a glomus tumor of the stomach which was incidentally detected on barium upper gastrointestinal examination and which so
Glomus tumor in the stomach
β Scribed by Hsiao-Ping Chou; Chui-Mei Tiu; Jen-Dar Chen; Yi-Hong Chou
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 319 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0942-8925
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