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===Staging=== | ===Staging=== | ||
*The stage is primarily determined by the tumour size and mitotic grade. | *The stage is primarily determined by the tumour size and mitotic grade. | ||
**In the stomach, the mitotic grade determines whether a given tumour is Stage I or Stage III.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Coccolini | first1 = F. | last2 = Catena | first2 = F. | last3 = Ansaloni | first3 = L. | last4 = Pinna | first4 = AD. | title = Gastrointestinal stromal tumor and mitosis, pay attention. | journal = World J Gastroenterol | volume = 18 | issue = 6 | pages = 587-8 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v18.i6.587 | PMID = 22363128 }}</ref> | **In the stomach, the mitotic grade determines whether a given tumour is Stage I or Stage III.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Coccolini | first1 = F. | last2 = Catena | first2 = F. | last3 = Ansaloni | first3 = L. | last4 = Pinna | first4 = AD. | title = Gastrointestinal stromal tumor and mitosis, pay attention. | journal = World J Gastroenterol | volume = 18 | issue = 6 | pages = 587-8 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v18.i6.587 | PMID = 22363128 }}</ref> | ||
===Micro=== | |||
The sections show a spindle cell lesion that is well-circumscribed and without significant | |||
nuclear pleomorphism. No lymphocytic cuff is surrounding the lesion. The lesion is focally | |||
seen in inked soft tissue margin. Three mitoses are seen in 5 mm*mm. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||