Gastric adenocarcinoma due to ataxia-telangiectasia (Louis-Bar syndrome).
A 26-year-old male with ataxia-telangiectasia died with a gastric adenocarcinoma. Malignancy is a recognised complication of this condition, the majority of cases being reticuloendothelial. There have been three reports of gastric adenocarcinoma associated with ataxia-telangiectasia; this, however, is the first in British published reports.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001260:Ataxia Telangiectasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D004260:DNA Repair; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*