title: Small cell carcinoma of the stomach: a case report.
abstract: A case of a gastric small cell carcinoma discovered incidentally by screening ultrasonography is presented. Ultrasonography demonstrated a subcardial metastatic lymph node and multiple hepatic metastatic lesions. Upper GI series and gastroendoscopy revealed a large ulcerated tumor in the cardia of the stomach, and a Borrmann type II tumor, 4 x 2.5 cm, was found in the resected stomach. We describe the radiological findings of the upper GI series, ultrasonography, CT, and gastroendoscopy, and review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Honjo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchigame
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsuruta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007582:Jejunostomy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography