[Adenomyoma in association with early gastric carcinoma].
Described is a gastric adenomyoma associated with superficial gastric adenocarcinoma that was found in a 72-year-old male. This uncommon benign gastric lesion is believed to be developmental in origin and sometimes categorized as belonging to a subgroup of a heterotopic pancreas. Besides its rarity, an adenomyoma is also known to be a possible cause of a gastric malignancy. Although the focus of the carcinoma in our case was located in the center of the adenomyoma, this finding cannot support the etiology of a gastric carcinoma originating in an adenomyoma. However, the present case appears to imply some relationship between an adenomyoma and a gastric carcinoma.
Kanehira
E
E
Dept. of Surgery, Saiseikai Ishikawa General Hospital.
Kawaura
Y
Y
Ohta
Y
Y
Tanaka
I
I
Kawada
N
N
Nonomura
A
A
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*