Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association  2001;1(1):64-67

doi:10.5230/jkgca.2001.1.1.64

Perforated Early Gastric Cancer: A case report.

Moon Soo LEE 1 ; Sung Yong KIM ; Sang Hyun OH ; Man Kyu CHAE ; Il Kwon CHUNG ; Moo Jun BAEK ; Kyung Kyu PARK ; Chang Ho KIM ; Moo Sik CHO

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Keywords

Early gastric cancer; Complication; Perforation

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

An exceedingly rare case of perforated early gastric cancer is reported. A 68-year-old man developed peritonitis due to perforation of early gastric cancer. An emergency radical operation was performed and was followed by an uneventful recovery. Histologic examination of the surgical specimen showed type III early gastric cancer composed of a signet ring cell carcinoma. Five years after surgery, the patients was alive with no evidence of tumor recurrence. The rarity of this complication in early gastric cancer is discussed, and a review of the literature is presented.