title: Primary pure squamous cell carcinoma of the antrum of the stomach: a case report.
abstract: A case of a patient with a pure squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach is presented. Surgery, the treatment of choice for this rare gastroenterological tumour, gives no guarantee for cure. Prognosis, as is demonstrated by our case, is poor with few exceptions. Different theories of histopathogenesis are discussed in the literature but no definitive statement can be made.
authors.affiliation: Department of general surgery, Heilig Hart Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lissens
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peperstraete
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mulier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mulier
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011859:Radiography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery