title: Signet ring cell early gastric cancer presenting as an elevated lesion.
abstract: Early gastric cancer composed of signet ring cell carcinoma is usually present as a depressed lesion and rarely manifests as a protruding lesion. To our knowledge, only eight cases have been reported in the literature. We herein report such a rare lesion which developed in an asymptomatic 55-year-old man.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chijiwa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morinaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagoe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology