Abstract
A case of gastric cancer detected 13 years after selective proximal vagotomy for gastric ulcer in a 73-year-old man is reported. In 1981, the patient was admitted to our hospital because of gastric ulcer. He underwent selective proximal vagotomy, pyloroplasty and excision for gastric ulcer.
In 1994, an abnormality of stomach was detected by a health examination center. As a result, a Borrmann III type gastric cancer was found in the anterior wall of the body and total gastrectomy (D2) was performed. Histologic findinds were poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, se, n (-), ly 2, v1.
