GASTRIC CANCER RETROSPECTIVELY INVESTIGATED FOR 9 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS: A CASE OF LINITIS PLASTICA

摘要: This report presents a rare case of patient with gastric cancer whose clinical course the development tumor from early type IIc to advanced linitis plastica was observed for 9.5 years. The remained in stage 3 years and 8 months after patient’s first endoscopy. At 5 10 initial endoscopy, lesion progressed cancer, 6 7 sclerotic changes wall were detected at site. After 9 years, present throughout stomach. is considered be histologically undifferentiated cells. It widely accepted that period 6–8 required this develop carcinogenesis completion lesions. valuable during approximately follow up clinically observed, will contribute knowledge natural history cancer.