2022
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.25554
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The Visible Stomach: Elusive Diffuse-Type Adenocarcinoma Presents With Gastric Outlet Obstruction

Abstract: The diagnosis of diffuse-type gastric cancers may be challenging due to their submucosal infiltration. A male in his early 60s was diagnosed with signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma of the diffuse type based on a biopsy from a perforated gastric ulcer. Postoperative workup was negative, including repeated esophagogastroduodenoscopy, gastric biopsies, tumor markers, computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography (PET). Six months after the operation, the patient presented to our center with abdominal di… Show more

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