title: [Diagnostic image (48). Linitis plastica].
abstract: In a 67-year-old woman with recurrent vomiting the gastric folds did not disappear after air insufflation. Linitis plastica was diagnosed and stomach resection was carried out.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Chirurgie, Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam. j.j.vanlanschot@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van Lanschot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fockens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drillenburg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D015431:Weight Loss