Linitis plastica in a 16-year-old. 1975.
Gastric cancer is uncommon in the young. Occasional reports are found in the literature and reviewed here. This article reports a case of a 16-year-old Eskimo girl unusual because of her young age, the presentation with a perforation and the presence of a linitis plastica type involvement. Management was somewhat unique because of the prolonged use of outpatient total parenteral alimentation during her final months of life.
Hurlburt
Ward B
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D000293:Adolescent; D000413:Alaska; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000266:history*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000266:history*