A case of bone marrow recurrence from gastric carcinoma after a nine-year disease-free interval.
We present a case of very late and unusual recurrence of gastric cancer. Nine years following total gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma, a 57-year-old man presented with disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with bone marrow recurrence. The primary tumor was a signet ring cell carcinoma invading the subserosal layer with lymph node metastasis. The patient was treated with sequential administration of methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil and went into remission. After treatment, he survived 10 months. Autopsy revealed diffuse bone marrow infiltration and distant lymph node metastasis with signet ring carcinoma cells.
Noda
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Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo.
Sano
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T
Shirao
K
K
Ono
H
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Katai
H
H
Sasako
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Maruyama
K
K
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019046:Bone Marrow Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology*; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D005472:Fluorouracil; D008727:Methotrexate