A CASE OF AN EARLY GASTRIC CANCER RESEMBLING SUBMUCOSAL TUMOR DERIVED FROM HETEROTOPIC GASTRIC GLAND

Abstract

We report a case of early gastric cancer resembling submucosal tumor derived from heterotopic gastric gland and review the literature. These cases reported to date have several common features : 1) These cases were found by chance on endoscopy. 2) Their lesions were almost always located in the gastric body (7/9 cases). 3) The lesions were small (1.7±0.7cm). 4) The lesions were located in the submucosal layer (8/9 cases). 5) The correct diagnosis was made with difficulty in 3cases/9cases. Therefore, endoscopy should be done with care so as not to miss such lesions.