Heterotopic bone formation in gastric carcinoma. Case report and discussion of the literature.
Osseous metaplasia is a rare finding in the gastrointestinal tract. We report the case of a 75-year-old woman with a gastric adenocarcinoma showing heterotopic ossification with bone marrow formation. The pathogenetic theories are briefly discussed.
Olinici
Corneliu D
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Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Str. Clinicilor 3-5, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Domşa
Iacob
I
Drăghici
Anton
A
Munteanu
Valentin
V
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*