Remnant-stump early gastric cancer following partial gastrectomy.
Eight rare cases of remnant-stump early gastric cancer (RS-EGC) were investigated, retrospectively. The incidence of RS-EGC was 0.9% (8/845) of all resected early gastric cancers. The macroscopic cancer type was elevated in 75% and mucosal in 88%. All were the differentiated type with no lymph node metastasis. The initial reconstruction involved a Billroth II in 75% of the patients. The RS-EGC was usually found during a periodic endoscopic follow-up. All patients are still alive with no postoperative complications and no cancer recurrence.
Koufuji
K
K
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
Takeda
J
J
Kodama
I
I
Aoyagi
K
K
Ohta
J
J
Takamiya
H
H
Shirouzu
K
K
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D018530:Gastric Stump / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome