Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 11 , Pages 961-964 , November 2007

Primary Gastric Angiosarcoma Presenting as an Asymptomatic Gastric Submucosal Tumor

  • Chi-Ming Tai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Chao-Ming Hung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsung-Chun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hong-Cheng Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsiu-Po Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Hsiu-Po Wang, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 14 December 2006 ,Revised 25 January 2007 ,Accepted 10 April 2007.

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PII: S0929-6646(08)60068-6

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60068-6

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 11 , Pages 961-964 , November 2007

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