Presentation
Abdominal pain and dyspepsia.
Patient Data
Increased wall thickness due to tumoral infiltration is present at gastric cardia, sub cardia and proximal of lesser curvature; accompanied by mild adjacent fat stranding and several small regional lymphadenopathies.
A 25 mm simple cortical cyst is noted at right kidney.
The prostate gland is enlarged.
Case Discussion
Pathology proven case of gastric adenocarcinoma with small regional lymphadenopathies. No local invasion; No detectable metastasis.
CT is currently the staging modality of choice because it can help identify the primary tumor, assess for the local spread, and detect nodal involvement and distant metastases.