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  • Title: [A calcified mucinous adenocarcinoma of the stomach--case report].
    Author: Ohsaki A, Niimi K, Mandai K, Seto Y, Niimoto M, Fujii Y.
    Journal: Gan No Rinsho; 1990 Feb; 36(2):187-92. PubMed ID: 2155334.
    Abstract:
    The paper discusses the case of a 44-year-old woman with an epigastric discomfort at Hiroshima University Hospital. A barium study of the stomach showed rigidity and a giant fold. A subsequent abdominal roentgenogram and CT disclosed calcification throughout the stomach wall. Thus, is hopes of effecting a cure, a total gastrectomy, a partial resection of transverse colon, a splenectomy and a pancreatic tail resection were performed. A surgical specimen macroscopically presented an inelastic and thickened wall of the entire stomach, and deposits of whitish calcium were visible within the gastric wall. The pathological diagnosis indicated a mucinous adenocarcinoma, se, INF alpha, v2, ly3, n4 (No. 221), with calcification of this mucinous adenocarcinoma in the stomach.
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