[Diagnostic image (48). Linitis plastica].
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.
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Afd. Chirurgie, Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam. j.j.vanlanschot@amc.uva.nl
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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