The evolution of Linitis plastica as a consequence of advanced gastric carcinoma in pregnancy.
A 40-year-old multigravid woman was examined on multiple occasions during pregnancy because of persistent gastrointestinal symptoms. A metastatic, unresectable gastric carcinoma that had evolved to linitis plastica was diagnosed at 26 weeks' gestation. The patient was delivered of a viable infant at 27 weeks' gestation, and she died of disease 1.5 months after the diagnosis was made.
Tewari
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Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Surgical Pathology, Women's Hospital-Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90806, USA.
Asrat
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Rutgers
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Nageotte
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D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed