Metastatic Gastric Linitis Plastica from Bladder Cancer Mimicking a Primary Gastric Carcinoma: a Case Report
Korean Journal of Radiology
;
: 645-648, 2009.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-123970
ABSTRACT
Primary gastric carcinoma is the most common cause of linitis plastica. Less frequently, metastatic gastric cancer from the breast, omental metastases and non-Hodgkin lymphoma involving the stomach have been reported to show similar radiographic findings as for linitis plastica. A metastatic gastric cancer from bladder cancer is extremely rare. We present an unusual case, the first to our knowledge, of gastric linitis plastica that resulted from a metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Stomach Neoplasms
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Linitis Plastica
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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