[A gastric polypoid signet ring cell carcinoma].
OBJECTIVE
The authors signal a case of gastric polypoid signet ring cell carcinoma, of particular interest for its rarity like show from the review of the literature, which is the first to have been described after Tabaru's citation.


METHODS
The study has been carried out at the Department of Surgical and Oncological Sciences of the University of Palermo. It has been based on 2000 cases analysed from June 2001 to December 2003.


RESULTS
The authors advance some and emphasizes the diagnostic flow chart and therapeutic choices adopted.


CONCLUSIONS
We agree that the endoscopic polypectomy is surgical procedure of first approach, but modifying the therapeutic guideline in relation to histologic examination, like happened in the case in issue.
Frazzetta
M
M
Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche ed Oncologiche, Cattedra di Chirugia Generale e Fisiopatologia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. michelefrazzetta@libero.it
Raimondo
D
D
Furgiuele
G
G
Cabibi
D
D
Romito
F
F
Passariello
P
P
Frazzetta
F
F
Bonventre
S
S
Vetri
G
G
Di Gesù
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery