Synchronous early gastric cancer resembling submucosal tumor at the fundus.
Concern about detecting gastric carcinoma in its early stages has increased the incidence of detecting multiple synchronous gastric carcinomas. Although gastric carcinomas may present with various gross features, those showing the features of submucosal tumor (SMT) are rare. We report on a case of synchronous gastric carcinomas comprising one lesion with typical features of superficial early gastric carcinoma and the other with atypical features that mimicked SMT. Even though synchronous gastric carcinoma is rare, it may be worthwhile to make a pathological diagnosis of coexisting SMT using endoscopic-ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration or endoscopic mucosal resection.
Eun
Soo Hoon
SH
Institute for Digestive Research, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Cho
Joo Young
JY
Kim
Wan Jung
WJ
Ko
Bong Min
BM
Hong
Soo Jin
SJ
Ryu
Chang Beom
CB
Kim
Jin-Oh
JO
Lee
Joon Seong
JS
Jin
So Young
SY
Lee
Moon Sung
MS
Shim
Chan Sup
CS
Kim
Boo Sung
BS