ISSN:
1436-3305
Keywords:
Key words Endocrine cell carcinoma
;
Stomach
;
Polypoid type
;
Type 1
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Primary gastric endocrine cell carcinoma (ECC) is extremely rare. In general, when it is advanced, gastric ECC causes extensive ulceration (type 2) and invades or metastasizes to other organs, frequently to the liver and sometimes to the lungs or bones, and carries a poor prognosis. We herein report a 67-year-old man with advanced gastric ECC of extensive-polypoid shape (type 1) but without distant metastasis, who underwent total gastrectomy and treatment with oral tegafur-uracil (UFT), and showed no sign of recurrence 1 year later.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00011721
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