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Gastric synovial sarcoma: a case report and literature review

H. Wong, Simon Law, R. Collins

Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi, 2020

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Abstract

A 54-year-old Caucasian man presented with dyspepsia for 5 months with mild loss of weight. Endoscopic examination showed a 2-cm gastric ulcer with raised edges on the lesser curvature of the stomach. Endoscopic ultrasound demonstrated that the lesion involved the submucosa and muscularis propria, measuring 8 mm thick. Biopsy revealed, along with body-type mucosa, spindle cell tissue, Hong Kong Med J 2020;26:142–5 https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj197986

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