Two Cases of Huge Polypoid Early Gastric Cancer.
- Author:
Seong Eun YANG
1
;
Chang Whan KIM
;
Sok Won HAN
;
Young Seok CHO
;
Dong Soo LEE
;
Jin Il KIM
;
Soo Heon PARK
;
Hiun Suk CHAE
;
Myung Gyu CHOI
;
Jae Kwang KIM
;
Kyu Young CHOI
;
In Sik CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. swhan54@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Early gastric cancer;
Advanced gastric cancer;
Polypoid gastric cancer
- MeSH:
Early Diagnosis;
Endoscopy;
Gastric Mucosa;
Korea;
Lymph Nodes;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Prognosis;
Stomach Neoplasms*
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2006;32(1):37-41
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gastric cancer is the most frequent cancer seen in Korea. The development of diagnostic procedures such as endoscopy has contributed to the early diagnosis and subsequent treatment of gastric cancer. Early gastric cancer has been defined as a carcinoma that is limited to the gastric mucosa or submucosa, regardless of the presence of lymph node metastasis. The prognosis of gastric cancer mainly depends on the depth of invasion and the lymph node metastasis. However it is difficult to distinguish large type I early gastric cancer from Borrmann type 1 advanced gastric cancer when the distinction is based on the macroscopic appearance. We experienced two cases of huge polypoid early gastric cancer. One case was treated by operation, and the other case was treated by endoscopic mucosal resection. We report here on two cases of huge polypoid early gastric cancer mimicking advanced gastric cancer.
