title: Double cancer of the stomach and oesophagus with situs ambiguus with polysplenia: the importance of preoperative evaluation.
abstract: A rare case of double cancer with situs ambiguus with polysplenia is presented. A 58-year-old patient was initially diagnosed with an early gastric cancer. On evaluation, the computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrated situs ambiguus with polysplenia. We performed a subtotal gastrectomy with the stomach being reconstructed in a Billroth-II fashion. Three months after the operation, he again visited our department complaining nausea and dysphagia. Examinations confirmed the other oesophageal malignancy with advanced stage. Because of unfamiliarity to situs anomaly and rarity of double cancer, we missed the other coexistent cancer. This is the first case presentation of a double carcinoma occurring in a patient with situs ambiguus with polysplenia. The literature is reviewed and the importance of preoperative evaluation is discussed.
authors: Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 80 Guro-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul 152-703, Korea.
authors: S-S
authors: SS
authors: Park
authors: B-W
authors: BW
authors: Min
authors: W-B
authors: WB
authors: Kim
authors: H-J
authors: HJ
authors: Han
authors: H-S
authors: HS
authors: Yong
authors: S-J
authors: SJ
authors: Kim
authors: C-S
authors: CS
authors: Kim
authors: Y-J
authors: YJ
authors: Mok
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005763:Gastroenterostomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen