Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach: a case report and review of the literature.
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach is extremely rare. To date, only 80 cases have been reported. A 65-year-old man with complaints of epigastric pain and cachexia for the past year is presented. He had a tumour with infiltration of the corpus and antrum of the stomach. The tumour was unresectable, and the patient died within 3 months.
Dursun
Mehmet
M
Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Dicle, Turkey. dursunm@dicle.edu.tr
Yaldiz
Mehmet
M
Işikdoğan
Abdurrahman
A
Yilmaz
Gülşen
G
Canoruç
Fikri
F
Ormeci
Necati
N
Yilmaz
Serif
S
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology