Recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma presenting as acute appendicitis: a case report.
We report a case of acute appendicitis due to recurrent metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma involving only appendix, without the evidence of abdominal carcinomatosis 2 years after initial diagnosis of the primary gastric lesion. This case, in contrast to other previously reported cases that carried a dismal prognosis, had survived without tumour recurrent for more than 1 year after appendectomy, while this report was made.
Lin
C Y
CY
Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, ROC.
Huang
J S
JS
Jwo
S C
SC
Chen
H Y
HY
D000208:Acute Disease; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D001062:Appendectomy; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*