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ArticleClinical endoscopy2019

Primary Gastric Small Cell Carcinoma (Presenting as Linitis Plastica) Diagnosed Using Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy: A Case Report.

Ra Ri Cha, Jin Kyu Cho, Wan Soo Kim, Jin Joo Kim, Jae Min Lee, Sang Soo Lee, Hyun Jin Kim

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Article in Clinical endoscopy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ra Ri ChaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea.
Jin Kyu ChoDepartment of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Wan Soo KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea.
Jin Joo KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea.
Jae Min LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea.
Sang Soo LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea.
Hyun Jin KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea.
Changwon National University · KRGyeongsang National University · KRGyeongsang National University Hospital · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small cell carcinomas are the most aggressive, highly malignant neuroendocrine tumors; among these, gastric small cell carcinoma (GSCC) is extremely rare. Here we report a case of a patient with primary GSCC, presenting as linitis plastic, who was diagnosed using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biopsy. With undiagnosed linitis plastica, an 80-year-old woman was referred to our institution. Abdominal computed tomography revealed irregular wall thickening extending from the gastric body to the antrum. Endoscopy suspected to have Borrmann type IV advanced gastric cancer. EUS of the stomach showed diffuse submucosal thickening of the gastric wall, mainly the antrum. EUS-guided bite-on-bite biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of GSCC. In general, GSCC is difficult to diagnose and careful examination is necessary to determine the therapeutic strategy; however, EUS is particularly helpful in the differential diagnosis of a lesion presenting as linitis plastica.

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EndosonographyExtrapulmonary small cell carcinomaLinitis plastica

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PMCPMC6547350
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