Importance of immunohistochemistry in the differential diagnosis of gastric mesenchymal tumors.
José Ruiz PardoÍñigo Gorostiaga AltunaPedro Antonio Sánchez-FuentesCristina María Gras GómezElisabet Vidaña MárquezRicardo Belda LozanoManuel Ferrer-MárquezÁngel Reina DuartePublished in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2022)
Although morphology is the key to histological diagnosis, gastric mesenchymal tumors can share very similar growth and cellularity patterns, sometimes being indistinguishable. Therefore, immunohistochemical techniques are going to be crucial in the definitive diagnosis. The objective of this work is to perform an immunohistochemical differential diagnosis of gastric mesenchymal tumors.
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