title: Acute appendicitis as primary symptom of gastric cancer.
abstract: A case is presented in which a gastric cancer primarily presented with symptoms of acute appendicitis. The difficulty of determining the origin of a carcinoma of the appendix with involvement of all layers of the wall is emphasized.
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology