Slowly evolving widespread diffuse alimentary tract carcinoma (linitis plastica).

Slowly evolving widespread diffuse alimentary tract carcinoma (linitis plastica)

Linitis plastica, as a diffuse sclerosing carcinoma, is a slowly progressive, malignant disease (Ewing, 1940). The usual primitive site is the stomach, as the term 'linitis' indicates, but varying degrees of spread along the alimentary tract are encountered (Anderson, 1966). Invasion of the small and large intestine is rare and can lead to confusion with chronic colitis, nonspecific enteritis, ...

Slowly evolving widespread diffuse alimentary tract carcinoma (linitis plastica).

Linitis plastica, as a diffuse sclerosing carcinoma, is a slowly progressive, malignant disease (Ewing, 1940). The usual primitive site is the stomach, as the term 'linitis' indicates, but varying degrees of spread along the alimentary tract are encountered (Anderson, 1966). Invasion of the small and large intestine is rare and can lead to confusion with chronic colitis, nonspecific enteritis, ...

Gastric linitis plastica

Prognostic factors in patients with diffuse type gastric cancer (linitis plastica) after operative treatment

OBJECTIVE Treatment options for patients with diffuse type gastric cancer (linitis plastica) are discussed controversial. It is sometimes discussed that these patients should be treated primarily in palliative intention conservative without resection. METHODS In a single-center analysis, we investigated 120 patients with diffuse type gastric cancer. All patients underwent a total gastrectomy,...

Ductal Breast Carcinoma Metastatic to the Stomach Resembling Primary Linitis Plastica in a Male Patient

Breast cancer metastases to the gastrointestinal tract are very rare occurrences. Among the histological subtypes of breast cancer, invasive lobular carcinomas have a high capacity of metastasis to uncommon sites including the stomach. Conversely, there has not been sufficient evidence supporting the gastric metastasis of invasive ductal carcinoma. Herein, we report a unique case of metastatic ...