Linitis plastica: ‘leather bottle’ stomach

Gastric linitis plastica

Ductal Breast Carcinoma Metastatic to the Stomach Resembling Primary Linitis Plastica in a Male Patient

Breast cancer metastases to the gastrointestinal tract are very rare occurrences. Among the histological subtypes of breast cancer, invasive lobular carcinomas have a high capacity of metastasis to uncommon sites including the stomach. Conversely, there has not been sufficient evidence supporting the gastric metastasis of invasive ductal carcinoma. Herein, we report a unique case of metastatic ...

Slowly evolving widespread diffuse alimentary tract carcinoma (linitis plastica)

Linitis plastica, as a diffuse sclerosing carcinoma, is a slowly progressive, malignant disease (Ewing, 1940). The usual primitive site is the stomach, as the term 'linitis' indicates, but varying degrees of spread along the alimentary tract are encountered (Anderson, 1966). Invasion of the small and large intestine is rare and can lead to confusion with chronic colitis, nonspecific enteritis, ...

Characteristic waffle-like appearance of gastric linitis plastica: A case report

Linitis plastica is a gastric cancer of diffuse histotype that presents in the fundic gland area, and is characterized by thickening of the stomach wall and deformation of the stomach, resulting in a leather bottle-like appearance. A 66-year-old female was admitted to Kagawa University Hospital (Kagawa, Japan) with epigastric pain. X-ray examination revealed reduced gastric distension and defor...

Slowly evolving widespread diffuse alimentary tract carcinoma (linitis plastica).

Linitis plastica, as a diffuse sclerosing carcinoma, is a slowly progressive, malignant disease (Ewing, 1940). The usual primitive site is the stomach, as the term 'linitis' indicates, but varying degrees of spread along the alimentary tract are encountered (Anderson, 1966). Invasion of the small and large intestine is rare and can lead to confusion with chronic colitis, nonspecific enteritis, ...