A Senile Case of Gastric Cancer Resembling Submucosal Tumor Diagnoted by Sudden Change of Tumor Surface

Abstract

A 85-year-old woman visited to our hospital with epigastralgia as her complaint. Submucosal-like tumor was found on the antrum of stomach endoscopically. The biopsy specimen was taken from the tumor. However pathologic diagnosis of malignancy was not obtained, so endoscopic examination was performed every month carefully. After 4 months later from the first examination, the surface of tumor altered to be irregular endoscopically, and the biopsy was successful to diagnose the gastric cancer. Frequent examination may be useful for diagnosis of gastric cancer resembling submucosal tumor.