A Case of Multiple Early Gastric Cancer.
- Author:
Han Kyu MOON
;
Chae Kyu KIM
;
Seung Gon LEE
;
Hyo Jun KIM
;
Seong Woo PARK
;
Jong Og SEO
;
Ki Jung JO
;
Woo Ik JANG
;
Tae Jung JANG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multiple cancer;
Stomach
- MeSH:
Adenoma;
Classification;
Incidence;
Japan;
Lymph Nodes;
Mucous Membrane;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Stomach;
Stomach Neoplasms*
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1996;16(6):977-981
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Early gastric cancer(EGC) is defined as carcinoma limited to the mucosa or submucosa, regardless of whether metastasis to lymph nodes have occurred, and the frequency of lymph node metastasis varies from 7 to 18%. The incidence of early gastric cancer has been increasing recently, probably with advance in the diagnostic procedure. Multiple gastric cancer, now cosidered to be a sort of multiple primary cancer by Moertels classification, is a special type of cancer in which two or more tumor lesions arise independently from the stomach. Multiple carcinoma was found in about 8.3% of 500 early gastric cancer cases at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Japan. In 77% of these, two lesions roexisted in the stomach. Coexistence of three lesions were found in 20% and more than four lesions in 3%. We report a case of multiple early gastric cancer of different histologic types in which two adenoma coexisted in the stomach.
