A 62-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of shortness of breath and a dry cough. He had a medical history of hypertension (without use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors), hyperlipidemia, depression, and 10-pack-years of cigarette smoking several decades ago. He was a limousine driver and denied any history of occupational high-risk exposures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpindle cell lesions of the stomach are rare. They usually affect the submucosa or muscularis propria and therefore can be sampled by endoscopic fine needle aspiration. The most common tumor in this category is gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), followed by leiomyoma and gastric schwannoma.
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