Well-Differentiated Adenocarcinoma Spreading Widely in the Gastric Submucosa
Naoki Kataoka,
Shoji Oura,
Eisei Nishino
Abstract:A 56-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to dry mouth. Diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed slightly elevated lesions both on the anterior wall and lesser curvature in the upper part of the stomach. Biopsy-proven tuble-forming atypical cells in the two lesions led us to treat the presumed early gastric cancers with endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). Pathological examination of the ESD specimen showed well-differentiated malignant cells spreading widely in the submucosa with posit… Show more
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