Duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumor with epithelioid and neural features mimicking a primary pancreas head neuroendocrine tumor.

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Ampath Pathology Laboratories and Department of Anatomical Pathology University of Pretoria South Africa Hepatology and GI-Research Laboratory Department of Immunology University of Pretoria South Africa Hepatopancreaticobiliary Unit Department of Surgery University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa Hepatology and GI-Research Laboratory Department of Immunology University of Pretoria Department of Hepatology University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium

Published: April 2014

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