A Case of Differentiated Mucosal Gastric Cancer with Lymph Node Metastasis Presented as an Intra-abdominal Mass.
- Author:
Jong Pil IM
1
;
Jung Mook KANG
;
Hyuk Joon LEE
;
Sang Gyun KIM
;
Joo Sung KIM
;
Hyun Chae JUNG
;
In Sung SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. harley1333@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Early gastric cancer;
Mucosal cancer;
Lymph node metastasis
- MeSH:
Fibrinogen;
Lymph Nodes*;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Stomach Neoplasms*;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2007;35(6):429-434
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In early gastric cancer, the most important prognostic factor is the presence or absence of a lymph node metastasis that is associated with the tumor size, histopathological differentiation, depth of tumor invasion and lympho-vascular invasion. A small sized differentiated mucosal cancer without a lympho-vascular invasion or histological ulceration rarely metastasizes to the lymph node. Herein, we report a case of a lymph node metastasis that is presented as an intra-abdominal mass in a 2.5 cm-sized differentiated mucosal cancer without ulceration or lympho-vascular invasion.
