2004 Volume 65 Issue 12 Pages 3180-3184
An 83-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of watery diarrhea and vomiting. Endoscopic study of the stomach revealed a Borrmann type 2 tumor with a deep ulcerative lesion on the greater curvature of gastric antrum. Biopsy of the lesion revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Distal gastrectomy with regional lymph nodes dissection was performed. Histopathologic examination disclosed squamous cell carcinoma, and no adenocarcinomatous component was found in all sections. Squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach is very rare and this is an intringuing case in the carcinogenesis.
Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association)
