title: [Study of early gastric cancer in upper third area of the stomach (C-area)].
abstract: From January 1976 to March 1990, 802 cases of early gastric cancer (886 lesions) were underwent surgical resection at Himeji St. Mary's Hospital. Among them there were 74 cases (9.2%) of early gastric cancer (75 lesions (8.5%) in the C-area. In comparison with early gastric cancer found in the other 2 thirds of stomach, early gastric cancer in the C-area showed a higher incidence rate of the posterior wall lesions. This might be due to the reason why anterior wall lesions in the C-area were not fully displayed by routine radiological procedure. Since anatomically it is very difficult to study this area with the compression method, the thin layer method in the prone position should be recommended in addition to routine double contrast study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Himeji St. Mary's Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013679:Technology, Radiologic