Esophageal mesenchymal tumors: Endoscopy, pathology and immunohistochemistry

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2007; 13(5): 768-773
Published online Feb 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i5.768

Table 1 Clinical findings of 29 cases of esophageal mesenchymal tumors

Tumortype	n	Dysphagia	Heart burn/retrosternalpain	Hemorrhage	Stomachache	Asymptomatic
LMs	24	4	7	1	2	10
GISTs	5	1	1	1	0	2
Total	29	5	8	2	2	12

Tested by Fisher’s exact method, the differences of symptoms are not significant between esophageal LMs and GISTs (P > 0.05).

Citation: Zhu X, Zhang XQ, Li BM, Xu P, Zhang KH, Chen J. Esophageal mesenchymal tumors: Endoscopy, pathology and immunohistochemistry. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(5): 768-773
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i5/768.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i5.768