Gastric wall calcification in gastric cancer relapse: case report.
We present the case of a 53-year-old male with subtotal gastrectomy and gastrojejunostomy due to gastric cancer who later developed cancer relapse and diffuse plaque-like calcification in the residual gastric tissue. As far as we know, this is the first case in the English literature in whom gastric tumor calcification developed one year after gastric cancer operation. We also discuss possible mechanisms of gastric wall calcification in such cases.
Aydemir
Selim
S
Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey. selimaydemir@hotmail.com
Savranlar
Ahmet
A
Engin
Hüseyin
H
Cihan
Alper
A
Ustündağ
Yücel
Y
Ozer
Tülay
T
Doğan Gün
Banu
B
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*