Early Gastric Cancer with Signet Ring Cell Histology Remained Unresected for 53 Months.
10.5230/jgc.2011.11.3.189
- Author:
Seung Soo LEE
1
;
Seung Wan RYU
;
In Ho KIM
;
Soo Sang SOHN
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. sohnss@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Disease progression;
Gastrectomy;
Carcinoma, signet ring cell;
Stomach neoplasms
- MeSH:
Aged;
Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell;
Disease Progression;
Female;
Gastrectomy;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Stomach;
Stomach Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Gastric Cancer
2011;11(3):189-193
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The natural course of untreated patients with signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach remains poorly understood while assumptions have been made to distinguish it from other types of gastric cancer. A 74-year-old Korean woman was diagnosed with early gastric cancer with signet ring cell histology and refused surgery. A satellite lesion was identified 46 months after the initial diagnosis. The patient finally agreed to undergo distal subtotal gastrectomy 53 months following the initial diagnosis. Postoperative histological examination of both lesions confirmed signet ring cell carcinoma associated with submucosal invasion. There was no evidence of lymph node metastasis.
