Metastatic gastric stump cancer occurring six years after a partial gastrectomy for gastric ulcer.
Gastric stump cancer (GSC) is known to occur following partial gastrectomy for benign diseases. The risk is believed to increase four-to-five-fold 20 years after gastrectomy. We report a 41-year-old man with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the gastric stump six years after he underwent a partial gastrectomy for a gastric ulcer, following a major rebleeding episode. We highlight the need for identification of patients at risk of developing gastric stump cancer-especially as it has now been described in patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery for obesity-a population that continues to increase.
Laiyemo
Adeyinka O
AO
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Biometry Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. laiyemoa@mail.nih.gov
Smoot
Duane T
DT
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005743:Gastrectomy; D018530:Gastric Stump; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D012923:Social Class; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors