A CASE OF GASTRIC CANCER WITH CALCIUM DEPOSIT

Abstract

It is very rate that calcium deposit occurs in gastric cancer and also the calcification is detected by simple X-ray examination. We have experienced such a case. In our case, spotted calcification was detected in an abdominal plain film and postoperative studies confirmed that this calcification was calcium deposits within the gastric cancer. Here, we report this case, collect similar cases reported already in Japan and literally refer to their characteristics. As a result, histology of the gastric cancer with calcium deposit was exclusively mucinous adenocarcinoma in the literature and the mode of calcification seen in X-ray examination was characteristic.