Managing Gastric Linitis Plastica : Keep the Scalpel Sheathed = علاج إلتهاب المعدة المصنع : أترك المشرط بالغمد

Gastric linitis plastica

Metastatic Gastric Linitis Plastica from Bladder Cancer Mimicking a Primary Gastric Carcinoma: a Case Report

Primary gastric carcinoma is the most common cause of linitis plastica. Less frequently, metastatic gastric cancer from the breast, omental metastases and non-Hodgkin lymphoma involving the stomach have been reported to show similar radiographic findings as for linitis plastica. A metastatic gastric cancer from bladder cancer is extremely rare. We present an unusual case, the first to our knowl...

Submucosal Endoscopic Sampling for Indefinite Gastric Linitis Plastica Infiltrating into the Submucosal Layer.

The diagnosis of diffuse-type gastric cancer, named linitis plastica (LP), is difficult because of its infiltration into the submucosa. Conventional endoscopic biopsy sampling may show false-negative results because the superficial mucosa is often normal. These macroscopic features do not often permit the distinction between benign and malignant lesions, and sampling methods have some limitatio...

A case report of gastric linitis plastica diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration

RATIONALE There is currently no consensus on the ideal method for obtaining deep tissue biopsy material of advanced gastric LP. EUS-FNA has potential as a useful diagnostic method. Thus, we report the case of a 46-year-old male with advanced gastric linitis plastica (LP) who was diagnosed using endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). PATIENT CONCERNS The patient underwe...

Laparoscopic-Assisted Trucut Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Linitis Plastica

We present a case of linitis plastica that was diagnosed in a 64-year-old woman. After several negative endoscopic biopsies, a trucut biopsy was done during diagnostic laparoscopy. This was successful in obtaining a positive result and the patient suffered no complications. Consequently the patient was referred for palliative chemotherapy . We present the case and discuss this biopsy technique ...