linitis

While diagnosis of a well-defined lesion is relatively straightforward with a conventional biopsy, diagnosis of a diffuse-type gastric cancer (i.e., linitis plastica) can be challenging.

Gastric metastasis of breast cancer is generally presented with diffuse involvement of gastric wall which is expressed as linitis plastica (7).

Signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder: linitis plastica variant.

Case 2: A 62-year-old female patient was diagnosed with gastric linitis and weight loss of 17 kg in 5 months.

[19] Afridi et al in their study found growth at cardiac end in 33%, pylorus and antrum in 40%, linitis plastica in 13.3% and only body and body and pylorus in 6.7% of patients.

Napakadami na pong mga pinatay na mamamahayag na aming linitis ang mga pumatay sa kanila,' he said.

Das, "Primary linitis plastica of the colon: report of a case and review of the literature," Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, vol.

We present an unusual case of gastric linitis plastica and peritoneal carcinomatosis as first manifestations of an occult breast cancer.

Metastasis to the GI tract may manifest as intestinal wall thickening or linitis plastica if spread to the stomach [2, 6].

This subtype of diffuse gastric cancer is called scirrhous gastric cancer or linitis plastica, (5) the prognosis of which is extremely poor.

KS may also present in the stomach as linitis plastica.