A case of appendiceal cancer metastatic to the stomach with pseudomyxoma peritonei.
Appendiceal cancer associated with pseudomyxoma peritonei is a low grade malignancy and its extraperitoneal metastasis is extremely rare. We report a case of gastric metastasis of this tumor in a 76-year-old man. Two metastatic gastric tumors, which appeared after a 1-year interval, were successfully resected endoscopically. The patient was well for more than 3 years after the onset of the disease. To our knowledge, gastric metastasis from appendiceal cancer with pseudomyxoma peritonei has not been previously reported.
Miyashita
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Second Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hoshino
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Imamura
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Okinaga
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Akaoka
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Miyashita
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H
D000368:Aged; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003911:Dextrans / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D011553:Pseudomyxoma Peritonei / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery
D003911:Dextrans