title: Gastric wall calcification in gastric cancer relapse: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey. selimaydemir@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aydemir
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Savranlar
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Engin
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cihan
authors.forename: Yücel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ustündağ
authors.forename: Tülay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Banu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doğan Gün
mesh_terms: 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*