Indolent gastric carcinoma.
A 55 year old woman presenting with epigastric pain and dyspeptic symptoms was diagnosed to have gastric carcinoma on endoscopic biopsy independently on two occasions. She was subsequently asymptomatic without any specific therapy till she developed gastric outlet obstruction and weight loss four years later. Histology of the resected specimen revealed an adenocarcinoma infiltrating the serosa without any evidence of metastasis.
Singh
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Department of Surgery, Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.
Chhina
R S
RS
Chawla
L S
LS
Sabharwal
B D
BD
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*