title: Case report: gastric carcinoma diagnosed at the second trimester of pregnancy.
abstract: We report a rare case of gastric cancer in pregnancy. A 26-year-old woman presented at the 20th week of pregnancy complaining of nausea and vomiting. Although the patient considered the condition to be related with pregnancy and underestimated its importance, her complaints persisted over the following weeks and she was hospitalized for investigation. The diagnostic workup revealed a metastatic gastric cancer. Gastric cancer is very rare in pregnancy, and therefore it may be left out of differential diagnosis by physicians. Diagnosis may be further delayed because of overlapping symptoms occurring during normal pregnancy (nausea, vomiting, and fatigue). All these factors may contribute to a very high mortality of this malignancy during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Istanbul University, 34303 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tayfur
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cift
authors.forename: Begüm
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aydogan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akbaş
authors.forename: Burcu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demirkiran
authors.forename: Dogu V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Bakkaloglu
authors.forename: Sennur
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ilvan