Squamous carcinoma of the stomach after luetic linitis plastica.
This report illustrates many of the long term complicatio of syphilis involving the stomach. A 49-year-old woman with diffuse squamous metaplasia of the gastric mucosa developed invasive pure squamous cell carcinoma. The literature is reviewed and the probable pathophysiology is discussed.
D002293:Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / Q000150:complications*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013592:Syphilis, Latent / Q000150:complications*