[A primary gastric adenosquamous carcinoma with remarkable lymphatic metastasis diagnosed by the stomach and lymph node biopsy].
This report describes the case of a 74-year-old female, who had been admitted to hospital because of epigastralgia and appetite loss. An ultrasonogram and a CT scan of the abdomen revealed a remarkable lymph node metastasis. Through an upper gastrointestinal tract (UGI) X-ray, a Borrmann III type gastric carcinoma was detected. Under endoscopic guidance, a gastric and a lymph node specimen were taken and biopsied, revealing a keratinous, well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, leading to a diagnosis of a primary gastric adenosquamous carcinoma with a remarkable lymphnode metastasis. After chemotherapy, a CT scan, a UGI X-ray, and an endoscopic examination revealed distinct tumor reduction.
Shigematsu
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Nagoya Memorial Hospital, Fujita Healthy Univ. School of Med.
Nakamura
K
K
Fukui
K
K
Morita
H
H
Samejima
Y
Y
Goto
T
T
Inagaki
J
J
Kimura
K
K
Kasugai
T
T
Nishikawa
K
K
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D012074:Remission Induction; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography