title: Recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma presenting as acute appendicitis: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jwo
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: 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*